Home Movies - Occupied Japan
Length: 2:46
Description: thought these clips might serve as a nice companion piece to the reminiscence posted by our brave "94 YR OLD WW2 VETERAN"... these home movies come from an old 8mm hand held consumer rig... common tale... dad shipped to japan with occupation forces... eldest son born in absentia... 18 months later mom and toddler catch orders to get hopping 'cross the Aleut chain... appropriately sanctioned by legal, military and religious authorities, young love fully committed to run amuck... sister born in japan just as soon as the biology got to working it out... dig it, she's the daughter of an officer in the occupation forces born in a usa hospital on a usa army base... to this day, her "country of origin" is always a mess... red haired with alabaster complexion... unlikely to confuse for japanese ancestry... but, her "birth certificate" remains this funky old yellow sheet of paper run through a Royal typewriter... no fancy logo... no official seal... just the leavings of an inked ribbon pounded out in courier typeface... hold to light or softly run fingers across the reverse side to find dimpled imprints left by metal characters striking a wooden carriage... a florid signature mid-page... that's it... definitely an original something... but a birth certificate?... so, she has a passport and proof of citizenship and usa comeuppance and all that... not a crisis or anything... but makes you wonder about the absurdity of bureaucracy... i mean, here ya got the daughter of an officer in the occupation forces born in a usa hospital on a usa army base and no birth certificate?... come on, you've GOT to be kidding, no?...
Author: danielpz
Source: YouTube
