Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Connections with the past. As part of my last minute research, I tracked down the family of a U.S. Marine in who had been a prisoner of war Changi Jail in Singapore. The Marine, a survivor of the U.S.S. Houston raised the Stars and Stripes on the jail tower at the moment of liberation. I needed details to describe that moment in the book.
Today the Marine's son sent me a copy of his father's diary, including a photocopy of his address book. In that address book was my father's name and the address of his parents in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. This is the first time that my extensive research, too much research in fact, to make the book a substantial narrative, has actually turned up a connection to my late father.
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Today the Marine's son sent me a copy of his father's diary, including a photocopy of his address book. In that address book was my father's name and the address of his parents in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. This is the first time that my extensive research, too much research in fact, to make the book a substantial narrative, has actually turned up a connection to my late father.
9:00 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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