Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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With 95,000,000 people concentrated in a country the size of California, and only one- fourth of that land arable, it is no wonder that the sea has become one of the primary sources of Japan ' s food. The fish that is taken from it daily, the pearls that are grown in it, and the ships that sail across it have kept Japan alive for centuries and today make it the thriving nation it is.

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The one lasting impression in the minds of all who have seen the Japanese country- side is the green. The rich landscapes contain every shade of green known in Kentucky, Wisconsin or Vermont — and then a few. . . . but most from the deep green of Honshu and Kyushu farmlands . aiL vfT ( , A W i S5J6« - ' • ■- ' -,.