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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 4475475, member: 76316&quot;]It all started 52 years ago, when I left Southern California, moving to the Pacific Northwest, driving a VW Bug with all my worldly possessions aboard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now older, wiser, and certainly more heavily encumbered with stuff...and watching the Reaper make her rounds among family &amp; friends...I&#039;m resolved, as we all must eventually, to blow it out, before I win my race.</p><p><br /></p><p>A favorite uncle, Dad&#039;s older brother, was a USAAF MSgt in the Pacific Theater, and landed in Japan within days after the surrender. I was then not quite 5. He stayed until the end of the GHQ era, leaving in early 1952. During his time there he &#039;acquired&#039; an enormous number of Japanese treasures, which he brought back in 27 aluminum GI footlockers, among other containers. Many of these he eventually disposed of, leaving a still substantial number and variety to my father. When Dad died, I got what was left, a bit of which I still possess. Uncle Leonard laid the solid foundation of my appreciation for Japanese art &amp; craftsmanship, and Asian items of all types in general.</p><p><br /></p><p>I gotta knock off this monologue tonight. I hope to resume it soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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