Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. … - William Manchester

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William Manchester

Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.

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