Now we're exchanging pictures of our grandchildren. They finally got out of California with a tour of duty at the Naval Academy while we were stationed in nearby Maryland, so we were able to visit them there. We kept up with them over the years through Christmas cards and photographs.

The kids played together and we parents did lots of things together. Their 2 sons and daughter were about the same ages as our 3 sons. They were our neighbors in Navy Housing at Monterey, California, in the 60s. Hi Shirley! Yes, we have been friends with these folks for about 35 years. When she told me about this, I was ashamed for my ignorance and of my country's injustice to these people. Two of their children have also served as Naval Officers. They are probably the most patriotic Americans I know. He has only recently retired as a Naval Captain. Her husband, also Japanese-American, attended the Naval Academy in the 1950s, was a fighter pilot and was a prisoner of war during the Viet Nam War. Many of these Americans later fought valiantly in the European theater. Her family were Japanese-American farmers who had their property confiscated and who were sent to the camps in Arizona for the duration of the War. I was shocked and thoroughly disturbed in the 60s when my neighbor who was also a Navy wife told me she had never been out of California except when they were sent to the camps. When I was growing up in West Virginia, I never heard of the detention camps in California for the Japanese-Americans. I need to finish reading Cuba by Stephen Coonts, so won't start Silent Honor for a few days.

When I went to the library today, they had a copy and it was in, so I checked it out.

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