Mary Byington reflects on Pearl Harbor attack and aftermath
Jim and Mary Byington with the front page of the Sheridan Press
Mary Byington with her brother Bill, left, and her father, Joe Ustunomiya in 1937, shortly after Mary’s graduation from high school. Bill was drafted into the Army and served during the war. Joe, a Japanese citizen, spent six months in a detention camp.
Next Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. On the 50th anniversary of that event, former Topic publishereditor Mary Utsunomiya Byington wrote about her personal experiences of that time. Her story is reprinted here from the Dec. 5, 1991 issue of the Topic.
