October 21, 1945

21- _____ Today being sunday we had mass & divine services on focasle I also had liberty in after noon. Got a Jap commona.
(231 days out of states)
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commona - kimono.

Ed. note: Joe brought home 3 silk kimonos. 2 are pictured. My brother and I often wore them as Halloween costumes, never knowing that one, at least, might have come from Nagasaki only 6 weeks after the bombing. Mine was the small gray one -- a child's kimono, about 3 feet in length. Joe also brought our family a purple one with a brilliant red obi (sash).