Tarawa (CVA 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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Visiting os we did in Yokosuko ond Sosebo ond being oble to travel to Tokyo, Yokohomo ond elsewhere in Jopon, it wos possible for us to hove o greot mony of our questions on Jopon onswered. Probobly foremost on our minds when first orrived in Jopon were How ore they tdking their recent defeot, ond whot ore they like 3 The onswer to our first query se med to be summed up in the often repeoted remcirk: We hod o very bod dreom. Furthur eloborotion by thinking Jopo- nese reveoled thot they believed this defeot to be C1 good thing for their people. They reosoned thot os o result of their ropid economic mechctni- zotion ond their ectsy militory successes in Chino during the thirities, the people of Jopon hod on oworeness of their importonce for outstripping the octuol focts of their situotion. Their militory defeot, thus, served os o meons of restoring their people ond ombitions to o proper perspective. Turning now to our second question, thot is, the disposi- tion of the Joponese people, mony things become reodily opporent Unlike mony of the people we sow in Mediter- roneon londs the Joponese did not seem in the leost opothetic. A They oppeored to like working long hord doys, ond os o people their honesty ond courtesy vvos o very refreshing thing. One otner focet of theirs thot wos especiolly endeoring is their opprecicition of the oesthetics Their seemingly intrinsic Oppreciotion of good music ond cart ond the serenity ond continuity of their homes ore but Q o few of the woys in which this evidenced itself. ' 'ff'

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,,.v- if llh, K SHOPPING IN YOKOSUKA Laden with money saved on the voyage from Singapore, Taravva sailors were able To purchase many Hne silks, china anal other souvenirs in the marts of Yokosuka.