WT Naud's book is a humorous heart-felt M*A*S*H type account of the unconventional lives of CODEBREAKERS fighting the Korean War from the back lines in OJI-JAPAN. Using his NEW YORK STREET SMARTS; Naud managed to serve his country with the help of the SON OF A MAFIA DON; seventeen EX-KAMIKAZE WAITERS; Tokyo's infamous BLACK MARKET SAM; twenty stunning MISS TOKYO CONTESTANTS; rigged BINGO GAMES; a bag full of GOLF CLUBS and a breathtaking JAPANESE GIRL with COBALT-BLUE EYES. Underlying the M*A*S*H type antics that kept him from getting shipped to the FRONT LINES; is a compassionate story of the devastation the JAPANESE PEOPLE experienced during WWII and five years later we find a country still pockmarked with physical and emotional scars. "Though I was more akin to BUGS BUNNY than JAMES BOND; I had somehow managed to end up in the ASA; the ARMY SECURITY AGENCY; an organization so SECRET it denied it's own existence. "At OJI; the most SENSITIVE ASA BASE in the FAR-EAST; COMMUNIST SPY-GIRLS were luring GI'S into TRYSTS to get TOP-SECRET DECODED information about MACARTHUR'S WAR PLANS. I was CHARGED with STOPPING them. CODEBREAKERS were turning up DEAD... A beautiful ORIENTAL COMMUNIST RECRUITER wanted to seduce me.... My FIRST SERGEANT wanted to kill me... The JAPANESE BLACK MARKETEERS wanted me to stop screwing up their business... My best friend; the SON OF A MAFIA DON; kept trying to SHOOT himself so he wouldn't get SHOT fighting on the front lines..... All I wanted to do was PLAY GOLF and stay out of the TRENCHES in KOREA... AND IT'S ALL TRUE!" "Treat yourself to a large dose of Entertainment; Humor and Human Drama. WT Naud's book is better than M*A*S*H because it all really happened! I've known every character in the book." Peter Marshall/ MC Hollywood Squares"Oji is the culmination of a writing career in a styleof wit and wisdom that's well worth reading." Joel D. Swanson/ Writer for Network Series including the Dick Van Dyck Show and Mayberry Rfd.
#138964 in Books iUniverse; Inc. 2007-03-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .46 x 6.00l; .62 #File Name: 0595421652184 pages
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Fluffy this is not!By Rune BelieverThis actually reads more like a textbook than I had expected. Kveldulf Gundarsson really documents whats he says in his book. Unfortunately; the footnote documentation can pull the readers attention away from the point he's trying to make in the above text. I have not finished reading the book; but I now plan to approach it as though I am taking a course; and it is required reading. It's not a book I'd pick up to read for fun; which is what I had been expecting; an entertaining yet informative 'coffee table' book.I actually find the above to not be as off putting as it may sound. If you're looking for a 'this is the real deal' book; you'll find this is it. It may not have been what I was expecting; but it's definitely the book for which I've been looking. If you're looking for factual and accurate information on elves; wights and trolls; this book is it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Masterfully researched; complex; and thorough. Mr. ...By NMasterfully researched; complex; and thorough. Mr. Gundarsson also takes on the task of trying to illuminate the subtle paradox of classifying such beings; as some of their traits overlap or even change (depending on the region.) I only wish this book was bigger. There is more material in the first 15 pages than in any other book on the subjects of trolls and land spirits that I have come across. The collection of tales and ancestral lore includes advice for humans on etiquette with Otherworldly beings; offerings; taboos; and protections against offended spirits. A most essential treatise on Norse otherworldly beings written by both a scholar and seasoned practitioner of the Old Ways.12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. The Guy with the Difficult Name Does it Again!By Brother MOLOCH 969I have been a fan of Kveldulf (HOW do you pronounce that name?) since his first book; "Teutonic Magic" came out back in the late 1980's. Later I bought his companion book; "Teutonic Religion" and enjoyed the chapter on the Wights as it had quite a bit of lore offered for study but I knew it was merely a scratch on the surface of what lay beneath. I had hoped Kvedulf would continue that research and lo; he did!This is one of the best printed books on the subject of Ghosts from an old Germanic perspective that I have yet to read. This is lore that's been difficult to locate (and I have looked!) Okay so what makes this book different? Information on HOW to deal with these sorts of Spirits.Most of the material out there on the subject is academic and very little of it gives any sort of explanation as to WHAT something is let alone HOW to deal with it. The author though offers his advice that he's dug up on the subject - not that any of us are likely to run afoul of any 'trollkin' (but with the weird way this world works; you NEVER know!)Further; you are given advice on how to conduct yourself should you ever happen to meet light alfs or dark alfs as well as what's acceptable behavior towards Them and what isn't. Consider this a Miss Manners primer for the Metaphysical inducement of these sorts of Spirits.He also does a fine job of giving you the old Scandinavian names of the creatures and where they're found in the sagas for you to go and investigate yourself. Like most Scandinavian authors; Kvedulf Gundarsson shows his research skills and sophistication in a subject that many New Agers are wholly ignorant of.For instance; section 4.7 on page 52; "Friendship and Offerings to Water-Wights" is a terrific thing to put into a book! Think about it for a moment. We're not talking about made-up New Age nonsense but actual researched material that - who knows? - may one day save your life. How? Imagine that you've already given an offering of friendship to the Water-Wights and you just happen to be on a sinking water vessel. It's likely that you just may survive. Think I'm crazy? Ok I may be BUT I would rather at least TRY and be hopeful that I'll survive with their help than without it and become ONE of them.There is a LOT of information packed into this little book and if you're a practitioner of ANY path of Occultism or Magical-Religion; then you should have this book in your library and reference it often.I give this book five out of five possible stars for completeness and the fact the author includes a full bibliography and well done index for specific research.
