Almost every night during January 1945, at approximately the same time, 9.00p.m., one lone aircraft would come over and drop small bombs on Osaka. We became so used to this plane that we named it "The Lone Raider", and it came over so regularly that our nightly roll call was put forward an hour in order that we should finish before the raid started. The nearest bombs dropped on a warehouse about 200 yards from our camp.
During these air-raids, our position was not very reassuring. We were confined to our rooms and armed guards posted around the camp, and as our huts were of wood, the situation looked grim if our camp were ever hit. However, we developed a fatalistic outlook, and hoped for the best.
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