7 Responses to “Mystery of the day”

1. JeffH Says:
   06/12/08 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

2. jlawrie Says:
   06/12/08 at 11:43 am

   http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4832

3. Calvin Reid Says:
   06/12/08 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

4. Torsten Adair Says:
   06/12/08 at 1:27 pm

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

   Hope they distribute it here!

5. Bill Aguiar Says:
   06/12/08 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.

6. Bill Aguiar Says:
   06/12/08 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.

7. James Bucky Carter Says:
   06/12/08 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.

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