[language
warning] "Incidentally we sang the Japanese Dept. song [at a graduation
ceremony] -- words by Henry Tatsumi.
He's the fellow, whom I mentioned previously -- the one who keeps his
World War I service button and his Navy key prominently displayed. Tatsumi,
though of Jap descent, is one of the most enthusiastic patriots, I've ever seen. Most of the naval officers distinguished
guests, and teachers on the stage apparently mumbled the words to 'The Star
Spangled Banner', but Tatsumi sang it lustily -- I noticed."
-- Letter from
my father, Boulder, Colo., to my uncle,
Bloomington, Kans., Saturday, December 16, 1944. On this day, December 16, the Battle of the
Bulge began as Germans launched a counteroffensive along the German border.
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