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001528163 245__ $$aLetter to June Meyer and Morgan Meyer from Owen Hamilton in Japan
001528163 260__ $$bUniversity of Southern Indiana$$cOctober 12, 1945
001528163 269__ $$a1945
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001528163 520__ $$aCorrespondence from Owen Hamilton to his sister June Meyer and brother-in-law Morgan Meyer (June E. Hooe Hamilton Meyer, 1919-2010 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81471045/june-e_hooe-meyer) and (Morgan G. Meyer, 1916-2000 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43119273/morgan-g.-meyer). He addresses this letter to them in Japanese, and says that rice is coming out his ears. He's been there for 15 days and has been totally miserable but doesn't mind because he'll be home within 6 months, but he's really sweating it out. He shouldn't write because he has nothing but sad stories to tell. He didn't know how important bread was until he did without it for 10 days. He would have paid $10 for a slice. When he got a piece he had to eat it out in the rain and it got soaked, but at the time it tasted better than a piece of cake. When he read about the strikes due to overwork he saw red. They are working harder than dogs, and not for 8 hour shifts but for 24 hours/day. It's done nothing but rain since they landed and not only do they have to wade around in it, they have to sleep in it. Heavy work never bothered him, but to do so without sleep and only C rations is awful. If they could have struck, they could have sat down for 5 minutes once they were on shore, but then there's work to be done and it has to be done and that's it. Those strikers would have been straightened out right quick over here. He's amazed at the good health he is in. In spite of the hardships he feels good and hopes God lets that continue. Living around such poverty stricken people really changes your outlook on life. ""There seems to be nothing good about life at all."" Nine out of 10 Japanese are diseased and it makes you sick to look at them. They seem to have no self-respect at all and you wouldn't believe the things they do. He's seen his share of pretty rotten characters, but these people seem very much like animals. He's grateful she and Mom weren't born over there. He could go on like this, but there's ""no sense in even writing about these people."" They should move into their new quarters tomorrow--it will be like garrison living, indoors and with little work. They haven't moved in before this because it was full of fleas and bed bugs. You have to give it to the Army--they live in as clean as conditions as possible in bad circumstances. He just received a letter from them that was a month old. They need not send anything for Christmas--his gift will be when he comes home. Homemade cookies would be as appreciated as anything expensive.
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001528163 6531_ $$aPersonal Correspondence
001528163 6531_ $$aRelated Materials -- 1901-1950
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