On April 17, 1939, USS Astoria CA-34 commanded by Captain Richmond K. Turner arrived in Japan. Astoria was accompanied by destroyers, Hibiki, Sagiri and Akatsuki. Kiso fired a 21-gun salute upon Astoria's arrival.
That afternoon, the American Sailors carried Saito's urn ashore. And after the state funeral, the Japanese hosted a tea party for Captain Turner and his officer, which was also attended by Vice Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku.
On April 17, 1939, USS Astoria CA-34 commanded by Captain Richmond K. Turner arrived in Japan. Astoria was accompanied by destroyers, Hibiki, Sagiri and Akatsuki. Kiso fired a 21-gun salute upon Astoria's arrival.
That afternoon, the American Sailors carried Saito's urn ashore. And after the state funeral, the Japanese hosted a tea party for Captain Turner and his officer, which was also attended by Vice Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku.
I must say Kiso looks dashing in suit and pants =3
Must be why they chose her!
<addendum> Words cannot describe how much easier it is translate something handwritten when the handwriting is clear and clean. I wanted to cry with joy.
An omen of the coming war? Or maybe Freddy-kun made an error?
Almost certainly an error.
The US flag is generally shown with the blue field to the left in images online, but someone who doesn't regularly see physical flags wouldn't recognize that they are always raised with the blue field towards the flagpole, even if this results in a "backwards" flag. I can see how people with a symmetric flag would get that confused.
Interestingly, the flag actually has the CORRECT number of stars for a WWII-era US flag, though, with 48 stars arranged in the 8x6 pattern. (As opposed to the modern 6x5 with inlaid offset 5x4 grid.)
MeowShowa 14, FebruaryIt appears our Ambassador, Saitou Hiroshi-san, has passed away in Washington, kumaU-understood.M-me!?*bang*Answer, kuma*bang**bang*And so in March, the Cruiser USS Astoria which was carrying Saito's urn was greeted by the 'Hibiki', 'Sagiri' and 'Akatsuki' off the waters of Tateyama and accompanied into Yokohama Harbor.We're depending on you as Japan's representative, kumaAnd so, Kiso, you'll be the honor ship receiving them, kumaThe USS Astoria flew the Imperial Japanese flag, and the Kiso flew the Stars and Stripes. They also exchanged gun salutes before they transferred Ambassador Saitou's bones.And so, in thanks for previously returning Ambassador Brancroft's body back to America by sending Tama, the Americans are dispatching a ship to return the ashes, kuma.The American Captain Turner left a favorable impression on the Japanese with his diplomatic ability, and the crew spent about 10 days enjoying Japan. This happened 20 months before the beginning of the War.
http://www.ussastoria.org/The_Saito_Cruise_1939.htmlRelations between Japan and America is pretty terrible now, kuma. So this is a good opportunity to improve them, kuma.