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While rain hammered down outside, John and his parents decided to clear out some unwanted items from John’s grandfather’s attic. This seemingly mundane task turned out to be a big adventure for John as he came across, quite dramatically, an old wooden chest. The mystery was made complete with a logo and an inscription. Find out what the contents of the grandpa’s chest were.
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The chest had this logo which appeared to John as belonging to a medical institution. And he was right about it, too. His grandfather fought in the Pacific theater during WW2. Exploring further, John found something interesting scribbled onto the chest.
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The writing was in Japanese, so John needed a bit of internet intervention to help figure out what it meant. Turns out, the word had something to do with natural gas, connecting it back to the front logo of a medical red cross.
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But, the year on the chest was 1932, and US did not enter the war until 1940. John recounted his story on the internet and a lot of theories sprang as to where that chest might be coming from.
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John finally had the truth. The chest was a Japan’s Showa Era replica. It was the time between 1926-89 when Japan was ruled by Emperor Hirohito. It was a medical kit designed to be air and water proof. That sounded great to John as the contents inside would remain in perfect condition even after all these years.
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The medical kit, when opened, revealed piles and piles of pills and medicinal bottles with Japanese labels.
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