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I went down in the vaults and saw millions and millions of dollars
worth of stuff, Norma Jean Cone wrote in a letter from Tokyo, Japan
April 1, 1947. At that time she was the only American woman on a
team inventorying the contents of the Bank of Japan vaults right
after WWII. Most Americans know very little about the U.S.
occupation of Japan after WWII. Also, many 21st Century readers are
unaware of how different the world was then in terms of
transportation, communications, and life styles. Through Letters
Home, the reader gets a personal view of what life was like for a
young American woman who was a civilian employee with General
Douglas MacArthur's occupying force of 200,000 G.I.'s. At the same
time that her team was finding paper bags of diamonds in the
vaults, she was learning a little about Japanese culture,
sightseeing, attending dances, and developing a deep friendship,
which ended tragically. Some of these activities are documented
with photos she took. Readers of Letters Home get a glimpse of what
things cost in 1947, as well as facts about the occupation of
Japan. For example, a telephone call from Tokyo to Los Angeles cost
$12 ($120 in 21st Century dollars) for three minutes, if you could
get an appointment for a call. But Jean paid only 25 cents per
meal, and the hotel room she shared with another American woman
cost her six dollars per month including very complete maid
services.
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Ranch Legacy (Paperback)
Earle Kirkbride; Edited by J K Kelley, Doug Showalter
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R382
R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
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I went down in the vaults and saw millions and millions of dollars
worth of stuff, Norma Jean Cone wrote in a letter from Tokyo, Japan
April 1, 1947. At that time she was the only American woman on a
team inventorying the contents of the Bank of Japan vaults right
after WWII. Most Americans know very little about the U.S.
occupation of Japan after WWII. Also, many 21st Century readers are
unaware of how different the world was then in terms of
transportation, communications, and life styles. Through Letters
Home, the reader gets a personal view of what life was like for a
young American woman who was a civilian employee with General
Douglas MacArthur's occupying force of 200,000 G.I.'s. At the same
time that her team was finding paper bags of diamonds in the
vaults, she was learning a little about Japanese culture,
sightseeing, attending dances, and developing a deep friendship,
which ended tragically. Some of these activities are documented
with photos she took. Readers of Letters Home get a glimpse of what
things cost in 1947, as well as facts about the occupation of
Japan. For example, a telephone call from Tokyo to Los Angeles cost
$12 ($120 in 21st Century dollars) for three minutes, if you could
get an appointment for a call. But Jean paid only 25 cents per
meal, and the hotel room she shared with another American woman
cost her six dollars per month including very complete maid
services.
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