アメリカ研修旅行中、今年もSaugerties退役軍人会を訪問させていただきました(アメリカ研修旅行(2015年9月10日)参照)。
そのお礼状がこの度、地元紙のSaugerties Timesに掲載されました。
Letters (October 8-15)
2番目に掲載されている手紙が僕のものです。
ここにも本文を示しておきます。
Peaceful hospitality
I would like to thank the veteran members of Lamouree-Hackett American Legion Post 72 who hosted my students and myself on Sept. 10. As a tour escort for the 17 students who attended Niimi College’s Study Tour to America, I took the student group to Saugerties. Our visit to Saugerties started after I helped the old Japanese soldiers’ flags in World War II that they had kept in their war museum return to the relatives of the original owners in Japan in 2012. In the study tour, we stayed in the village of New Paltz, the sister city to Niimi, and paid one-day visit to Saugerties. My students learned a lot by seeing the artifacts and listening to the explanation about them in the museum, and talking with the veterans, especially the WWII veterans who fought against Japan. Since this year is the 70th anniversary year of the cessation of the war, I do believe our meeting with the WWII veterans was very special to my Japanese students as well as to the veterans themselves. We enjoyed visiting Saugerties Lighthouse with the members also. We really appreciate the very peaceful hospitality of the veterans as you reported in your article titled “Japanese students come to see the people who returned their flags” on Sept. 17. Thank you and Arigato very much.
Kiyoshi Yamauchi,
Professor of English, Niimi College, Japan
そのお礼状がこの度、地元紙のSaugerties Timesに掲載されました。
Letters (October 8-15)
2番目に掲載されている手紙が僕のものです。
ここにも本文を示しておきます。
Peaceful hospitality
I would like to thank the veteran members of Lamouree-Hackett American Legion Post 72 who hosted my students and myself on Sept. 10. As a tour escort for the 17 students who attended Niimi College’s Study Tour to America, I took the student group to Saugerties. Our visit to Saugerties started after I helped the old Japanese soldiers’ flags in World War II that they had kept in their war museum return to the relatives of the original owners in Japan in 2012. In the study tour, we stayed in the village of New Paltz, the sister city to Niimi, and paid one-day visit to Saugerties. My students learned a lot by seeing the artifacts and listening to the explanation about them in the museum, and talking with the veterans, especially the WWII veterans who fought against Japan. Since this year is the 70th anniversary year of the cessation of the war, I do believe our meeting with the WWII veterans was very special to my Japanese students as well as to the veterans themselves. We enjoyed visiting Saugerties Lighthouse with the members also. We really appreciate the very peaceful hospitality of the veterans as you reported in your article titled “Japanese students come to see the people who returned their flags” on Sept. 17. Thank you and Arigato very much.
Kiyoshi Yamauchi,
Professor of English, Niimi College, Japan
