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3 Oct 2014

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Bernard driving a jeep, Japan
Bernard driving a jeep, Japan
Guns at Kure docks, Japan
Guns at Kure docks, Japan
Bernard (left) with pianist, Marcel Lorber
Bernard (left) with pianist, Marcel Lorber
Church, Hiroshima after the atom bomb
Church, Hiroshima after the atom bomb
Entertaining the troops: Bernard is on the right
Entertaining the troops: Bernard is on the right
Motorbiking in Japan: Bernard is second from left
Motorbiking in Japan: Bernard is second from left

Bernard's war

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Bernard Keefe聽spent his youthful days at the top secret wartime HQ, Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes. Bernard was 19-years-old and about to go up to Cambridge to study classics when he was selected to go on a six month crash course to learn Japanese and become a decoder at Bletchley.聽 But several months after the atom bomb had been dropped,聽Bernard was sent to Japan...

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