Three months ago, Japanese soldi. ers combing Nantao in search snipers, came upon the little boy Drostraled over the cold bodies of his. parents.
Tnured as they were to scenes lof horror, the soldiers were profoundly moved the "Nippo" reported. Private Keiji Naito volunteered 10) be the child's, god-father.
For two months, the boy remained with Naito's unit, doing errands. helping the cooks, playing with the soldiers, and slowly accumulating a vocabulary of useful, although not always printable, words.
When the unit was transferred to another position, Naito arranged with the Momoyama Cafe pro-Prictress to take care of the boy.
"To-day, he stands at rigid aitention In front of the band-stand, only [the radiant smile betraying his pleasure, the daily said.
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