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FROM THE PEOPLEITH# nomi and oddreti of tha outhor must accompany every contribution, but on request will not baRublishcd. Letters published under its head do not nccioianly embody tha views held by the managementot The Journal-Gosette.IEDITORS* NOTE: Followingart* excerpts from a letter from Jack Weber, radioman thirdclass, who is serving aboard theaircraft carrier Ticonderoga, now* in Tokyo bay, tn bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. lt;; 11. Weber,73 Lafayette avenue:We finally made r here, and What a place it is! Seems awfully peaceful and even the wa ei is cairn with a little ripple being the only disturbance. We mend Tlt; k . ba about 7 o’clock thi n orn : . Sep* 6. and silently slid am* iu ill « [the i Ipg alrea anchored. We I m -od. quarters while pas ing theMissouri. Ever*. *.una wa calm and there w.^s harcii*. a s: lift Evenltiie tall majesti dome of Fujiyama IAs v • bay, we 1 • lid Isee a few ships of the Japs’ remaining *'fe: m • ,f them were Ipartially submerged and the one we were mi s* intere **'d in was the Ibat tie wagon Hyuga, as our own group sank It. There is no sign of much destruction ash re a the] stacks : :: •: ; :. t; center * fV* kohama h w j signs lt;f smoke.J v *( * i.: ' w'■ s-: • a landingforce ashore . tookover the airfield. So now we haveth« m k aboard and they are U U*tne a lot cf 'torus They say the J. have everything underground and • mourn ,* .seem likerocks opened up and you could see all types of .nr .af* and baka bombst it the Jape couldhave las'ed a In:;- Ingc r and could have caused u.s a lot more casual-‘ • b v w* * : k God that thevdrdidn't. Guess they knew it was all hopeless in the long run.
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Mattoon Daily Journal Gazette
Mattoon, Illinois, US
Sat, Sep 15, 1945
Page 2
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IL, USA 08 May 2019
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