It was 1943 in Osaka, Japan. I had arrived November of 1942, from the Philippine Islands, where the tropical climate was no comparison to the winters in Japan. My clothes were thin and no match for the cold weather, I had to endure. Working was the only way to stay partly warm. A normal day was working in the foundries, lumber yards or unloading trains. All of my work I did, would be considered slave labor, no matter what job I was forced to do. Whether I was sick or hun