Home Movies - Occupied Japan

thought these clips might serve as a nice companion piece to the reminiscence posted by our brave "94 YR OLD WW2 VETERAN"... these home movies come from an old 8mm hand held consumer rig... common tale... dad shipped to japan with occupation forces... eldest son born in absentia... 18 months later mom and toddler catch orders to get hopping 'cross the Aleut chain... appropriately sanctioned by legal, military and religious authorities, young love fully committed to run amuck... sister born in japan just as soon as the biology got to working it out... dig it, she's the daughter of an officer in the occupation forces born in a usa hospital on a usa army base... to this day, her "country of origin" is always a mess... red haired with alabaster complexion... unlikely to confuse for japanese ancestry... but, her "birth certificate" remains this funky old yellow sheet of paper run through a Royal typewriter... no fancy logo... no official seal... just the leavings of an inked ribbon pounded out in courier typeface... hold to light or softly run fingers across the reverse side to find dimpled imprints left by metal characters striking a wooden carriage... a florid signature mid-page... that's it... definitely an original something... but a birth certificate?... so, she has a passport and proof of citizenship and usa comeuppance and all that... not a crisis or anything... but makes you wonder about the absurdity of bureaucracy... i mean, here ya got the daughter of an officer in the occupation forces born in a usa hospital on a usa army base and no birth certificate?... come on, you've GOT to be kidding, no?...

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Travel & Events

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• Japan
• military
• WW2
• WWII

[FutureStyles]

it smells in here

[danielpz]

how so?... please, elucidate and illuminate...

[joe69rocket]

@miguelcotto23 ive been to both and felt very safe. i was rather suprised the number of police and security everywhere. ive had great experiences in both countries. PH was easier, because i speak english lol

[joe69rocket]

@Chinaforever777 many horrible things happened at that time. this is 2010. no need to nuke them now. past is past. zai jian :)

[Chinaforever777]

Fucking Japs killed so many Chinese during WW2, they deserve to be nuked a 1000 times !

[Manongjojo]

You are so wrong on that. The Gorilla forces they faught was after Spanish American War. The US helpped the Phils rebuild.And the Americans never tortured or killed our babies for fun as the Japs did. The help the US gave is the reason The Phils and the US are such close allies. I suggest you read your history books.

[hyrcan]

great video, I love seeing glimpse into the daily life. Not some polished view.

[granskare]

I had to work with the slide button to make the video work. Interesting how they pulled the net in along the larger line.

[marisiriella]

So true!!

[miguelcotto23]

But it seems safe for American tourists in the Philippines. I mean the U.S did the same attocities that the Japanese did during the american occupation of the Philippines and there were several Philippino leaders that indeed supported the empire of Japan inorder to start an Asian Rennesance in the region, didnt they? After all the philippines did have to fight an armed gurilla war against the u.s invading forces to kick them out!

[Raymasaki]

that was filmed in 1948 right ?

whats your point?

[Manongjojo]

In my home country (The Philippines) everything is still done by hand or animal. As for the japs well still to this date many areas not safe for japenese tourists because of the war. Us Pinoys never forget the past.