tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post6014005411097562643..comments2024-03-28T01:41:11.142-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: A couple of nice videos from Japanc w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-16514726882893917412016-11-30T09:48:49.538-08:002016-11-30T09:48:49.538-08:00When I was a boy, Daddy was a Master Sergeant in t...When I was a boy, Daddy was a Master Sergeant in the United States Army, and we lived at Ashiya Air Force Base on the island of Kyushu, where I attended the Second Grade.<br /><br />We sailed to Yokohama from Seattle, and returned, sailing from Yokohama to San Francisco.<br /><br />When I was serving in the old Republic of Viet Nam as a soldier in the United States Army, I went to Japan for a week on Rest and Recuperation Leave, and visited Expo '70 in Osaka.<br /><br />I rode the "Bullet Train" from Osaka to Tokyo, which at that time, was the fastest railroad train in the World.<br /><br />In this video, you'll see a brief glimpse of the two rocks that the Japanese formally married to each other.<br /><br />Those two married rocks are featured in one of my favorite Hollywood movies, "SAYONARA", starring Marlon Brando, James Gardner, and Red Buttons.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.com