Reply #6: I Met Lester Tenney and His Wife 8 Years Ago In Italy [View All]

He has the most heartbreaking story of war that I have ever heard. He speaks fluent Japanese and is one of the most decent men I have ever known.

I was on a tour of Italy and as fate had it wound up hanging out with Lester and his wife who took me in as I was traveling alone those weeks. Lester had an entire table of us weeping in Venice.

Lester is Jewish and volunteered to serve during WWII and lied about his age so that he could take part in defending our land. His story what he indured in the Philippines and later in Japna is beyond gripping.

Mitsubishi should have to pay for the hell they put these young men through.

Lester, knowing I am gay, spoke freely, albeit discreetly, in front of his lovely wife about homosexuality and friendship and bonding in the concentration camps.

I love this guy.