En route to a hero

We're driving through Nebraska to interview Tad Nagaki, the last surviving member of the seven-man paratrooper team that liberated 1,500 Allied civilians from untold Japanese guards after their emperor surrendered, ending World War II. The internment camp they liberated had held Eric Liddell, featured in my play Beyond the Chariots, until he died six months earlier.

If you look closely at the photo you'll see three crosses atop the bluff.

2 comments:

Meryl said...

Wow! I love hearing veterans' stories, and this one sounds like it could bee quite enthralling!

Rich Swingle said...

We posted a report from our interview: Blog.RichDrama.com (12/23/09).