About this podcast
History Podcast based on letters written home from Japan during the Korean War by two very different sisters.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 66 episodes
- Episode 66 Uncle Don · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 66Betty tells some stories from her childhood. We find out how Don and Dan feel about John and Helen getting married.
- 65- Kennedy, Muhammed Ali and Ava Gardner · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 65Betty tells about the famous people she has seen and some more about Emmett's childhood and family.
- Episode 64- Ration Books · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 64This episode contains information my grandmother (Bern and Peg's sister, Betty) wrote down in the 1990's in response to questions that I asked about her life. There is also one…
- Episode 63-Home to Maclay! · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 63This episode includes the final three letters that Bern and Peg wrote from Japan. There is also a letter from John asking about what kind of party they want to have for welcome…
- Episode 62- Pine Tree Outside My Window · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 62Bern has a car called The Green Hornet that apparently was in a near collision- she is looking forward to relearning her driving skills when she gets home! In this episode we…
- Episode 61- Arthur Murray · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 61Peg gets to dance and have some fun. They are busy packing now for the trip home and buying last-minute presentos! They have a huge family and say that everyone will receive 3 or…
- Episode 60-Standard Operating Procedure · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 60TI&E has a big goodbye party and lots of fun is had by all. Passports have been obtained and social activities are winding down.
- Episode 59-Passports · 37 min · Season 4 Episode 59Passports are being renewed and paperwork is getting processed. The best news is that Peg's birthday pretzels have arrived (a month late).
- Episode 58-Yada,Yada,Yada · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 58Pretzels disappear, Easter arrives, more trips and shopping for Bern and Peg while they prepare to turn in their resignations and pack for home!
- Episode 57- Black Pearls · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 57This episode let me on a field trip to the Bisanar's Company to learn all about pearls! It ended up with Peg celebrating her 27's birthday and them both planning on their trip…
- Episode 56- Giggling Good Time · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 56Some snow and rain has turned around the boredom that has dogged Camp Zama! Now Joe is back for some fun dates, Bern has a new job, several people are getting married and they…
- Episode 55- Angry Firemen · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 55Bern gets a new job! Joe and Peg make up and Mieko and Jason get married (wonder if that was a good idea?)
- Episode 54- Yucata Robe · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 54Apparently it is a boring January when all Bern and Peg can think about is getting home! John and Helen are planning to move from Maclay Street.
- Ep 53- Stuffing Pucks · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 53Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode it is January in Japan and Peg's love-life has hit the skids again. Oh well! More shopping, another earthquake and talk of moving from Maclay…
- Ep 52 Six Months to Go! · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 52Christmas sounds good. The new club opening was quite the event, but then New Years was a bust. Boring companions and a sick kid doesn't sound like much fun!
- Ep 51-The Keys of a Piano · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 51In this first episode of season 4- it is all about Christmas. Sounds like every day in December they are receiving packages and gifts from PA. They both are enjoying their jobs…
- Episode 50-EZ Pop · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 50EZ pop popcorn must be a new invention, and the girls received some from their Aunt Pete. I can just picture them giggling while they figure out how it works! They have had their…
- Episode 49-Looking At A Typewriter · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 49A Peg quote from this group of letters "I still feel that looking at a typewriter for 8 hours a day is 20,000 times better than looking at some silly man for 50 years!" Wow Peg…
- Episode 48- Nikko · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 48Bern visits a lovely resort (Kanaya) and the temples at Nikko. She sees the famous "See No Evil" monkeys, rants about cheating officers, Peg talks about "hush-hush" war games…
- Episode 47 San Francisco · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 47Their friend, Kathy is breaking her contract and going home to San Francisco. Bern describes a typical Saturday at Zama in great detail. Their Christmas gifts are on their way to…
