As the ship's escort and clerk, Tatsuo Osako distributed money provided by Jewish agencies. To thank him for his kindness, a man and six women he helped between 1940-1941 gave him portraits of themselves.
Descendants of the three refugees who had children were tracked down, Some of the descendants met this month in the New York area with the late Osako's former colleague, Akira Kitade who wrote a book about Osako and the seven photographs.
Also, four of the people in the photos have been identified.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment