War Relics Shop in Delaware has this cool flag come in from an estate the other day. Very cool. Enjoy, Ron.
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I Wonder ...
The same George Taniguchi?
--GuyAt ATIS we were quartered at the NYK Main Office Building within walking distance from the Tokyo RR Station. We had rooms with approximately 10 to 12 to a room, barracks style. Mess halls were located in the same buidlding. I was assigned to the Central Interrogation Center on the first floor.
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Since I went to Japan with my parents in February 1940 at age 13, I lost all contact with the American way of life until 5 years later when I reestablished contact through the US occupation forces. My ambition was to get back to the US and go back to school. While working for the US Forces in Japan as translator/interpreter, I was able to enlist in the US Army in 1949. My goal was to gain free passage back to the States at the end of my enlistment, and have savings for college attendance. While in the military, I was able to acquire friends, meet people from different regions and get caught up on the American way of life that I had lost contact with. The 5-month basic training that I went through with the 5th Calvary Regiment was an excellent session for me. I also took advantage of academic evening courses during my assignment in Tokyo. The GI Bill certainly was a big help in attainig my educational goal.
PS: the kanji of George's name is
谷口尉司
Taniguchi Shōji
I see how "Shoji" could derive from "George" -- and as a middle-school student, he would want to go by a full Japanese name. However, no google hits for "Taniguchi Shoji". As an aside, when I lived/worked in Garmisch one of the mountaineers (a north German) I knew from the "Stammtisch" was named Georg -- his Bavarian nick-name was Schorschi. Kinda-sorta similar.Last edited by GHP; 05-22-2016, 09:16 PM.Comment
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I don't know but thanks for the research! Very interesting. Thanks, Ron.Comment
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Neat flag. Thanks for sharing.
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