As I was watching a bit of "Tora, Tora, Tora" for the umpteenth time, the scene with Ambassador Joseph Grew, US ambassador to Japan at the time war broke out, I wondered what happened with him and the other embassy staffers in the US Embassy in Tokyo in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor.

A google search of his name lead me to this article I found on the "Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training". It is a memoir written by Grew's private secretary, Robert A. Fearey.

It's a part of 'war life' we seldom hear about.

http://adst.org/2013/11/life-in-embassy-tokyo-after-pearl-harbor/

Thanks Michael a very interesting read indeed.

Cheers


Sean