Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 183]

Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 183]

Navy #3247 (Mil Govt) This reminds me of what I overheard outside the other day - one enlisted man (it was Wong's voice), “Say, have you ever seen an eggplant?” It was an innocently asked question. Wong is new here and a [Nisei?], so that the other enlisted man unsuspectingly if slightly puzzled replied “Why-sure…” - “Yeah? You must have been farther up a chicken's - than I have.” Wong is turning out to be something of a character. He's a Hawaiian, son of a Japanese mother and a Chinese father. Speaks no Chinese, but does Japanese fluently altho with a limited vocabulary; doesn't read and write too well. However, he's good natured and is proving to be an excellent organizer at the school - takes kids on field trips (several hundred at a time) and supervises athletics, etc. - on the surface he's easy going and sloppy - very fat, so that it's funny to watch him run (he trots). When I just saw him I thought he’d be a dead loss and even a problem as he's quite undisciplined, but he's proving to be indispensable. W.

1945-02-13

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