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Friend and Foe (Paperback)
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Friend and Foe (Paperback)
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In the mid-1930s, high-schooler Joe Sullivan, slightly crippled by
a childhood accident and therefore ineligible for enlistment in the
US Armed forces feels his future is very dim. Befriended by a
Japanese maritime radio officer, Takeo Okada, Joe decides to become
a ship's radioman. After obtaining an amateur radio operator's
license and a commercial op's certificate, Joe maintains radio
contact with his Japanese benefactor until he hears from another
Japanese amateur that Takeo was lost in a ship wreck. Applying for
a shipboard radio job just before his 18th birthday, Joe meets and
is seduced by Kate Nelson, the company president's secretary. He
becomes involved in a continuing feud with "Bull" Taylor, the
ship's first mate. He learns that both his parents are killed in an
auto accident. Joe, despondent over the loss of Takeo and his
parents turns too whiskey and women. In a stop-over in Hawaii he
meets and falls in love with a nisei, Myoshi. After a short-lived
affair, Joe departs Hawaii. When his ship strikes a Japanese mine
near Makin Island, Joe is the sole survivor. Rescued by native
fishermen he is taken to a hospital on a French controlled island.
Regaining his health, he is taken to Australia where he is induced
by the officer in charge of coast watchers to serve a half-year
stint on an isolated island. After reporting enemy ship movement
during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Joe is unnerved when he sees a
one- armed man put ashore on the opposite end of the island by
Japanese navy men. He later discovers that the one armed man is his
old friend. Takeo had lost an arm when attacked by sharks, and was
no longer an asset to the IJN as a fighting man. The two renew
their old friendship even though their countries are at war -
friend and foe. They enjoy their island life even though alarmed by
several incidents that threatened discovery. When the time comes
for Joe to be relieved of his duty, he sadly leaves his friend
alone on the island.
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