Why the Friendship and Gifts from Mikimoto?
My father was the “person in charge” of the Army Corps of Engineers re-building effort in Japan – not the right words – but that’s what he was – he was a civilian assigned to the Corps – no longer a member of the military. He was assigned to re-build the Mikimoto Factory because it was one of the businesses that the US Government felt could help get Japan “back on its feet” so to speak. Patty and Husband After the war my father did all he could do to try and re-build families and factories – especially Mikimoto. The factory was completely destroyed during the war and obviously they lost most if not all of their inventory. My father was always a man who could not bear pain and suffering and when he saw people and families torn apart and the devastation, it almost killed him emotionally and psychologically. It was very hard for him to write about it, but he did. I still have those letters. He had originally been stationed in Korea but then was sent to Japan to help in the restoration eff
