Letters From Japan 1948-1950

About the Book

Letters from Japan records my personal adventure in Military Government during the American occupation of Japan after World War II. Barely out of college, in a totally different culture, I found in Kyoto a kindred world among a group of Japanese and Indonesian students. We gathered to discuss the fascinating upheaval of changes underway and discovered a common love for much of life, as well as each other. My later transfer to the Wakayama MG Team inspired the creation of our own magazine to bridge the distance and bestowed the glories of sailing with an unforgettable skipper.

About the Author

Five years after Japan, assignment with the Red Cross in Korea made a revisit possible and a glorious cruise in the Ketch Barbara I, my namesake. Other adventures followed, with ARC in France, then graduate school and immersion in a life committed to disadvantaged children. Effort in the poverty belt of Appalachia followed involvement in a California residential treatment center for children. Eventually the plight of mixed-race orphans in Korea and Vietnam led to work with adoption Retirement brought the opportunity after 40 years to resurrect The Letters and the excitement of rediscovering earlier friends in Japan.