Midori Takenouchi was just a young girl when her father was sent to fight in Manchuria by the Japanese Army in 1939. The only contact she and her family had with him was through carefully screened letters that arrived from the Manchurian front. Always optimistic and patriotic, these letters painted one picture of the war abroad. Eventually however, her father found a risky way to send his real letters home without being censored. These letters presented a far different picture of the Manchurian invasion, the Japanese Army, and even Mr. Takenouchi himself. In touching, vivid detail, Midori remembers her father through these letters, which she has kept close to her heart for over 70 years.
—Anonymous