FINAL EPILOGUE.... A few weeks back one of my notes referenced “more on that later”.... it is now later.  Tokyo Bay... maybe at the exact spot where the battleship Missouri laid anchor in 1945...

 “It is my earnest hope—indeed the hope of all mankind—that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance, and justice."  ....Douglas MacArthur... Tokyo bay ...  signing of the instrument of surrender...September 2, 1945

We ended our journey with a cruise out into Tokyo Bay... again not sure if exact spot... but we were there.... end of our journey.

Thank you Irvin....And The Greatest Generation.  May we learn from history and never repeat.  RIP