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Date of upload: Aug 8, 2021 ^^
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My father is from Okinawa and his parents are survivors of the Battle of Okinawa. Iāve visited Okinawa several times years ago and it is a beautiful place. Because of the sheer violence and despair of the war and battle many Okinawans are staunchly anti-war. We have a saying from a poem supposedly written by our last reigning king (we were a kingdom once with our own government and royal family and are a separate ethnicity from the Japanese entirely and were later colonized). The saying from the poem is as follows: Nuchi du takara āThe Treasure of Lifeā. Basically life is a treasure and must be cherished and upheld. I hope the spirits of my fatherās homeland and that of my ancestors can find peace as well those of the soldiers who died there.
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I was stationed at Kadena for 2 years, from 2015 - 2017. I did not believe in ghosts/apparitions before getting stationed there. Working on the flightline at night, alone in many areas I saw things I can't explain. I definitely wasn't as alone as I thought in some of the hangars, especially on midshift (2300-0700). I would feel like something was right behind me as I walked.
One night I was up in the mezzanine finding a large aircraft part when I saw what I thought was someone standing with their back to me at the end of the aisle as I passed (I was at the opposite end.) The mezzanine was a thin, but strong sheet metal, so it made a very particular sound when you walked on it that is almost impossible to recreate given the area. When I called out (thinking one of my maintainer buddies was coming by to get the part), I heard nothing but the sound of something stepping on the mezzanine towards me that stopped abruptly after just a few seconds. It was hot and extremely humid that night, but after I had been standing there for a minute and kind of came out of my wide eyed stupor, I realized I was freezing.
That was the 2nd week of my 4 month stint of being alone on mids.
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For anyone who needs something a little more lighthearted allow me to tell you about my grandfather who was at the invasion. He was on an Amphibious Cargo Assault ship which was hauling Jeeps and supplies to shore along with a small group of Marines. He was working the ramp on the landing craft and they hit the shore, the ramp dropped and guys started heading onto the beach.
A wave came up and pushed the bow up on the sand, this pulled the cables and caused the hand crank to swing back, directly into his groin. He screams and drops down onto the deck, the coxswain thinks heās been shot so he throws the boat in reverse which dumps the Marines forward into each other and the surf. The coxswain is screaming āWhere you hit?ā To my grandad who weakly responds āThe crank hit me in the balls!ā At which point the coxswain stops and looks forward to see confused and soaking wet marines giving him the finger.
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Although I highly respect your distinctive trademark black & white graphics, I absolutely love the use of muted colour to bring your beautiful artwork to life. Anything too colourful would have ruined the dark tone of the stories, so a massive well done on getting this transition to colour correct first time! This is fast becoming my favourite channel... I just love the craft that goes into each video.
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my wife is Okinawan.. her mom.. who i knew really well, told of the story as her and her brother 10 yrs old, running from Kadena to Gusikawa to hide..to be discovered by Us Soldiers, and her brother to jump from the cliffs.. i spent many years stationed on Okinawa.. lots of stories.. dont forget the haunted old hotel too!! i been the cave she and several villagers hid in. imagine being 12 yrs old, holding ur brother.. all else is missing or died.. running to a cave, ur parents told u about just a few prior weeks ago.... its an amazing story she and her brother told me one night.. my son, loved his Obachan ..great woman
Just important to note.. The Japanese viewed the Okinawans as a lesser race.. slaves and so forth. They even went as far as destroying the record of births - from entire villages- prior to the wars...
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We hope you enjoyed our one off style change! If you prefer monochrome, we've got you covered! Click this link for the black and white version - https://youtu.be/CEMaBYTwxRY
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