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Published on 08/28/1995 All articles from this issue

Letters to the Editor

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A thank you for the World War II articles

Regarding the anniversary of the conclusion of World War II: I am most impressed that you put the "people" emphasis rather than the "event" emphasis in your paper.

The event emphasis has received much attention (as it should) - but it's nice to read in our local press about those locals who played a role.

As my kids used to say, "Hey Dad, tell us about the 'Big One'." To those who were not involved, World War II is a difficult "event" to comprehend. To those of us who were involved, World War II was many, many events - many wars within a war, many battles, or invasions, or campaigns, of landings, etc. Each in its own right was a life or death experience.

Some of us were very lucky and are still here today to relive the memories. In my case, I was a communications officer in the U. S. Navy and spent over three years in the Pacific on an aircraft carrier.

We were involved in numerous battles and each was (to us) a war unto itself - the battle of Attu in the Aleutians where I lost my first roommate, then came Makin and Tarawa, the toughest battle in Marine Corps history where we lost one of our companion carriers (USS Liscomb Bay); then Kwajalein\Majuro followed by Watji, Enewetak and Palau.

Our carrier, The USS Nassau, still has an annual reunion for remaining shipmates.

It doesn't seem 50 years ago that we were forming up into a huge task force on our way to invade one of the southern islands of Japan. Thank heavens we didn't have to do it.

Fred Wellmerling

Los Altos

Thanks for coverage about Obon Festival

This is to gratefully acknowledge the Los Altos Town Crier for the publicity provided to the Mountain View Buddhist Temple's 43rd annual Obon and Bazaar Festival on the weekend of July 15-16.

Your media coverage contributed in attaining another successful Obon and Bazaar Festival. Thank you again and we look forward to your continued future support.

Steve Inamori

1995 Bazaar Chairman

Rancho under wraps inspires buggy poetry

Rancho, old girl, you're showing your age.

It's time to turn another page.

You really looked sad beneath that tent.

I wonder where the flowers went.

We know the rain revealed your leaks.

We know the wind revealed your creaks.

We know your folks are warm and huggy.

But we didn't know that you were buggy!

Muriel Ibarguen

Los Altos