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in quite a while. They began to talk, and David got them some food. This time, with David joining him, Yoshimo ate. David learned that Yoshimo didn’t want to fight any more than he himself did. He had learned English from American friends, and he hated fighting against them. He had dreams of college, marriage, and a family. Basically, though they were on opposite sides of a conflict, they weren’t that different. By the time Yoshimo was transferred to a prison camp, David knew he would miss his new friend. And when the war ended, they met on a Japanese beach to say goodbye. Standing with arms around each other, they paid a photographer to take their picture. But it would not be the end. The picture that fell from the envelope with the tickets was a copy of the one from that day on the beach. Yoshimo, now a wealthy businessman, sent David and his wife tickets each year to join him and his wife for a vacation somewhere in the world. Each time, there was nothing but the plane tickets and the pictures with the same words on the back. 32