Mystery of the day

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 12 2008 AT 11:30 am BY Beat

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Manga Mystery of the day
We’re not exactly sure what this is, but during World War II it would have been treason.

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JeffH says:

06/12/2008 at 11:40 am

I do believe that this is the US Navy’s comic book. The George Washington is a NUCLEAR powered carrier to shortly be based in Japan. The Japanese have never been happy with nuclear powered vessels for obvious reasons. The book is to calm their fears over a nuclear incident involving the ship that will take up residence there, I believe. Thanks for all that you do Heidi. JeffH
jlawrie says:

06/12/2008 at 11:43 am

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4832
Calvin Reid says:

06/12/2008 at 11:46 am

It’s a U.S. Navy commissioned manga to prepare Japanese residents for the arrival of a American Battleship.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=61993&archive=true
Torsten Adair says:

06/12/2008 at 1:27 pm

Way cool! One of many comicbooks produced by the U.S. government!

Hope they distribute it here!
Bill Aguiar says:

06/12/2008 at 1:55 pm

Carrier, not battleship. The US Navy currently does not have any battleships commissioned.

It had to be done because the last non-nuclear carrier, the Kitty Hawk, was recently decommissioned. Until then, it was the only carrier that was homebased in Japan, though others made calls at times.
Bill Aguiar says:

06/12/2008 at 1:57 pm

Torsten, my understanding is that did a single print run to distribute for free near the home port of the George Washington.
James Bucky Carter says:

06/12/2008 at 2:14 pm

Torsten, it’s available for free download in English and Japanese. I’ve got a link to the PDF on my blog.