Interesting story, Bryan. I wonder if any of those leaflets still exist?
Coincidentally, I was given a collection of Korean War propaganda
leaflets by the widow of a Col. Orson Powers who commanded Far Eastern
Printing in Tokyo during that war. It has the leaflets and a typed memo
describing the picture, giving an English translation, and some
background on the purpose of the leaflet.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: Bryan Savage [mailto:b.a.savage@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:11 PM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com; edvs@yahoo.com; saltracer@servusa.com;
land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Stories
I know what you mean Neil. My dad was an officer in the Philippines
during WWII. That's all I knew until 1965 when he informed us
that the Army had just declassified the operation he was on. He was
the CO of a Printing Company that printed all of the leaflets dropped
on Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the four alternate target cities.
He was a printer for a company in L.A. as a civilian and for many years
I thought the Army had made a normal military decision.
Prior to that, he had said he was just a Mess Officer...?
It's all SOP,
Bryan
Albaugh, Neil wrote:
> Ed;
>
> Anyone who was in intel is a special case-- he simply isn't permitted
to
> talk about what he did.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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