The diary and memoirs of Frank Polkinghorn's two years in Japan as director of the Research and Development Division of the Civil Communications Section (CCS) of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers (SCAP). It consists of: the Preface; Chapter 1: Prologue; Chapter 2: Getting Settled; Chapter 3: The Supreme Command Allied Powers; Chapter 4: Getting Around; Chapter 5: A Visit to Tohoku University; Chapter 6: By Private Railway Car to Kyushu; Chapter 7: The Family in Bloomfield & Enroute to Tokyo; Chapter 8: The Family is Together Again; Chapter 9: The New Science Council is Inaugurated; Chapter 10: On the Japanese Language and its Use; Chapter 11: Lectures Start for the University Professors; Chapter 12: Hina Matsuri and a New Automobile; Chapter 13: Japan in the Spring; Chapter 14: Japan in May; Chapter 15: We Go to the Kite Festival at Hoshibana; Chapter 16: Two Attempts to Climb Mt. Fuji; Chapter 17: Vacation at Karuizawa; Chapter 18: The Industrial Management Course Starts; Chapter 19: A Visit to Hokkaido; Chapter 20: We Visit Nikko; Chapter 21: Priscilla and the Children Ride in the Horse Show; Chapter 22: The Second Industrial Management Class Graduates; Chapter 23: Only a Few Months to Go; Chapter 24: The Studys & Protzmans Return to the U. S.; Chapter 25: Our Time in Japan Grows Short; Chapter 26: Our Return to New Jersey; Appendix A: Briefing of the Visiting Scientists of the Second United States Scientific Mission to Japan; Appendix B: Some Observations Concerning Engineers and Engineering in Japan; Appendix C: A Brief Introduction to a Meeting on Receiver Noise; Engineering Economics; Responsibilities of Engineers in Industry; The Organization of Research & Development; Remarks at Opening of the Electrical Communications Laboratory; Remarks at the 60th Anniversary of the Matsuda Lamp; A Talk to Future Communication Engineers; The Improvement of Telecommunications Engineering Education in Japan; Briefing of Generals Church and Danforth; Foreword to CCS Book on Industrial Management authored by Charles Protzman and Homer Sarasohn. The Chronology of World War II and Slides of Japan were pages that were not hole punched and fastened to Polkinghorn's diary and memoirs.
Diaries Autobiography Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Japan Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001 Industrial management Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūjo (Japan) Telecommunication Communication Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Management Industries Engineers Engineering economy Denki Tsūshin Gakkai Meetings Telephone Scientists College teachers Children Schools Fuji, Mount (Japan) Festivals Soldiers Japanese language Bell Telephone Laboratories Health Leisure Factories Tours MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 Travel Polkinghorn, Frank Civil Communications Section (CCS) Protzman, Charles W., Sr Electrical Communication Laboratory Institute of Electrical Communication Engineers Polkinghorn, Priscilla Polkinghorn, Caroline (Siss) Polkinghorn, Frank, Jr. (Ponky) Polkinghorn, Frederic Polkinghorn, Robert (Skippy)
Original diary and memoirs: Diary & Memoirs of Two Years with the Occupation in Japan, 1969; Kenneth Hopper Papers on Management; Box 3 CCS Manual and Polkinghorn Diary; 264 pages
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