David Millin met Hatsuko Kon in 1954 and married in 1955 in Yokohama, Japan. He was in the army and station in Japan for a couple of years. Mimi became pregnant with my brother, Scotty and gave birth in February of 1956 in Japan. He was born at the army hospital in Japan. They had to wait several months to travel since he was a newborn, especially since they were traveling by ship back to the US. My grandma, Maeda, begged Mimi to leave Scott with the family in Japan, and Mimi says she almost did, but changed her mind at the last minute. So in 1957 they left the port of Yokohama on a ship headed to the US. Scott, David Millin and Hatsuko.
In the US David Millin returned to Ohio for a while with a wife and infant son, there Mimi learned how to speak some english and they taught her some American customs. Eventually David Millin was stationed to Fort Lewis, Washington, where he eventually moved the family. They stayed there for a couple of years and in February of 1961 I was born at a small army base in Washington. I was about 2 years old when David Millin received a new post overseas to Germany. There are many pictures of our time spent in Germany. David Millin liked to travel when he was not working, so Scott has memories of traveling to Italy, France, Suisserland and all around Germany.
