WWII Transcription of Japanese Officer Notes

[bullmack]

A couple of weeks ago I was clearing out 40 years of accumulated "stuff" at the family home and found an interesting artifact from my dad's service in the navy in WWII. Attached is a typed transcription from the diary of the last days of a Japanese officer. (note: the transcription repeats one paragraph)

The transcription was typed on onion skin paper which made it difficult to scan.

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

Reminds me of the movie Letters from Iwo Jima.

 

[vonn]

Doesn't matter to the guy on the ground which side he is on,both experience the same things. Bet the naval gunfire was mind numbing from the big guns.

 

[Bat Guano]

Currently (re)watching "The Pacific" on Amazon Prime.

I knew the author of this when I was a kid, but not the extent of his service. He was in it from start to finish.

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