Night Watch
"You can go back to Tokyo!" We had to walk for thirteen days after disarmament under the false order like that.
At night, we had a difficult time because, first, of Soviet soldiers, and second, of Japanese soldiers, comrades in other words, who came to steal from us. All the belongings that we possessed had to be kept on our own bodies. Otherwise, we never knew when anybody would take anything away from us. Because of such conditions, it became really scary at night. Once something was stolen, there was no backup whatsoever, and it caused a lot of trouble in our daily lives. Finally, we decided to take turns as night watches. It was so sad to experience this robbery among ourselves.
Beginning of September, 1945