In The Morning Korean War Started

On the morning of June 25th, 1950, my family ; my fathere , mother , younger brother and I , were having our simple Japanese style breakfast.

As my dad opened the holded newspaper, he shouted "Another War Started, Communisit crossed the border to South Korea."

Mom was optimistic saying " There are American Forces in South Korea, they beat Japanese
so, even the communists are not their enemy."
My dad thought differently and said "Communists are different, they have already organized sympathizers in South Korea and Japan. He knew that at his working place there were unions involving many people.
My mother was also worried about her sisters' husband who was taken to Siberia by USSR .
His return was very late and almost the last person released.

As kids, we were awared that Japan became active soon after the start of the war.
Near my friends' house they made U.S. canteens. Near my house they built a play ground.

One of my fathers best friends at the medical school in pre-war Japan who was from Korea was missed during the war with his family and they never been found since then.
My father and his friends wrote letters to the officials after the war but to date , have never heard what happened.

Whenever I saw Robert Altman's "M☆A☆S☆H☆”, we are a little bit more serious.

See, http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/japaneseweapons
There are some English and Photos for the various items.