And it was a 24 hour train ride into
Yokohoma, here's a good little story.
We got into Yokohama,
it wasn't 24 it was 22 hours actually,
to be quite honest with you.
We left at eight o'clock in the morning and
we got to Yokohama at about six o'clock in
the morning so that's how far back we were,
we were a long ways back.
And the last half of the journey was an
electric train and we went like stink,
so we were travelling along.
We pull into Yokohama and
they brought us, put us on the docks
there and we all, lined us all up on the docks.
And about, I don't know,
about 400 of us about half a dozen
trucks squeal in there,
American army trucks,
the ones with the snake bodies,
one with those canvas over the top.
And the drivers jump out, and opens up
the back doors on them and
puts a little ladder down, holy cow,
you never seen anything like this in your life.
Dressed immaculately in army uniforms,
girls, they picked out nothing like,
you know, you name it,
they picked them out.
And these girls were supposed
to be a greeting party for prisoners of war
for four years, and they was told to
race out among us guy and
hug us and kiss us.
Well they come racing out and
they started to grab our guys,
Christ, we hadn't see a girl for four
year and the guys, we were scared,
we were frightened.
Guys were on the dock running
behind big packing cases,
hiding and everything. It was unbelievable.
Anyway they got us consoled,
the girls welcomed us there.
Then they lined us all up and
General McCarthy come there to see us and
he shook hands with each and
everyone of us men.
He didn't miss anybody.