Title: The souvenir : a daughter discovers her father's war /
Authors: Steinman, Louise.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Steinman, Norman,; Steinman, Louise.; Steinman family.; Steinman, Norman,; United States. Biography.; United States. Biography.; Pharmacists United States Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Philippines.; World War, 1939-1945 Japan.
Abstract: "When Louise Steinman was growing up, her father never talked about his experiences in the Pacific during WWII. All she knew was that Asian food was banned from the house and that she was never to cry in front of him. Years later, she made a chance discovery. Hidden among her late parent's belongings was an old ammunition box; inside were almost five hundred letters her father had written to her mother during the war and a silk Japanese flag inscribed in elegant calligraphy, "To Yoshio Shimizu given to him in the Greater East Asia War to be fought to the end. If you believe in it, you win." Who was Yoshio Shimizu, and why did her father have his flag?"
Contents: Somewhere at Sea -- Stateside -- The Pharmacist -- The Flag -- Into the Deep -- A Melancholy Slav -- Speculation -- The Gift -- Japan -- Bombs under Tokyo -- Shrine of the Peaceful Country -- Shadows -- Amazing Grace -- The Philippines -- The American Cemetery -- Journey to Balete Pass -- Promised Land -- Suibara -- Swans in the Morning -- Flyover.