Letters from Iwo Jima Page #4

The Koho Kimmu Yoin Yoseijo.

Hey...

why do you think they put

a Kempeitai in our unit?

I don't know.

He's not wearing the white armband.

He's not Kempeitai.

He went to the Kempeitai

military academy.

Maybe he was kicked out.

He acts like a Kempeitai.

Look at his holster.

That's not standard issue.

He's been put here to spy on us.

Why would he spy on us?

Maybe it's those letters

you've been writing.

You should be careful.

Weed soup again?

Kuribayashi is conserving

our food supplies for the battle.

We'll be dead

before the Americans even get here.

And you would think that with all my

war effort contributions...

we should be eating kasutera cakes

or sandwiches.

What?

I ran a bakery in Ohmiya with my wife.

Back when we could still get sugar...

we sold ampan and kasutera cakes.

However, his Kempeitai brethren...

used to come and take

whatever they wanted.

For the war...

For the country...

Why bread?

We ran into those types

at our clothing store as well.

When we started making sandwiches...

they took those, too.

And when we ran out of meat

and just had bread, they still came.

Eventually, they took all of our

baking equipment for the metal...

and we were out of business.

I should have been a fisherman.

It must have been hard on your wife...

without the shop

and without her husband.

Tell them to go away.

We have nothing to sell.

Congratulations! Your husband

is going to war.

Thank you very much.

I'm happy to serve the country.

Prayers for your eternal success at arms.

I beg of you! We have only each other.

This is not the time.

We have all sent our husbands

and sons to war.

We all have to do our part.

At least you'll have a little one

to carry on your name.

I can't eat with you like that.

What am I going to do after you die?

I'm not in the coffin yet.

The men never come home,

not even a soul.

They'll never let you come home.

Don't worry.

And now, with the baby.

Can you hear me?

It's Dad.

Listen.

Don't tell anyone

what I'm telling you now.

It's a secret.

Your dad...

is going to come home for you.

Hurry up!

The enemy approaches!

This is ridiculous!

Why waste time digging these tunnels?

They are all going to die anyway.

At least he conceded

to the pillboxes on the beach.

You wanted to see me, sir?

Care for a drink?

You have been looking

quite pale these days.

It's the water. It has

never agreed with me.

That's not good.

Why don't you go back

to the mainland to recoup?

I have commissioned Admiral Ichimaru

to take your place.

We are wasting time

digging these tunnels.

General, the island won't last

five days without fleet support.

We should fight to the death.

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