Subj : How far I've come...
To   : Moondog
From : MRO
Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 08:01 pm

  Re: How far I've come...
  By: Moondog to MRO on Sun Jan 29 2023 01:27 pm

 > My father used to work for Clark Equipment, and he recalled a tour went
 > through of Japanese tourists.  This was in the mid to late 60's and security
 > was lax on what they took pictures of.  There were proprietary practices on
 > ho w they drilled and inlettted axles, and let them take pictures of the
 > process.
 >

that is so stupid that they allowed that.


 > There was guy they called Tex, who lied about his age to join the Marines in
 > WWII.  The guy was 15 or 16 when he enlisted.  He was running a drill press,
 > and kept staring at one of the engineers/ tourists.  He walked up to the guy
 > a nd asked him if his father served in the war, and if he survived.  The
 > Japanese guy said his father served, and survived.  Tex then says he
 > could've sworn he killed the guys father.  That sounded like something he
 > would say.
 > i heard stories of this guy getting pissed off at the engineers or
 > management, walked off the job and went to the bar to get drunk, then come
 > in the next day like nothing had happened.  I'm amazed they were so
 > tolerant.

the japanese were ruthless people who starved and tortured their captives.
There was no love for them.
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