I was a U. S. Army enlisted man assigned to an American military government regional office in Kure, Japan (near Hiroshima), from March 1949, to July 1950, when both cities were in the Australian occupation zone. As I rode the ferryboat back and forth during the next several months and became more familiar with places and landmarks, I particularly noticed the hulk of a large, half-sunken ship offshore from Koyo, several hundred yards beyond the ferry dock. Back at the office I asked Mr. Yona, th