[Eric in the Ozarks]

Back in ‘55 or ‘56, the Japanese Zengakuran Students Federation staged a anti-Yankee demonstration across Japan. The “students” were communist sympathizers.

They snake-danced past our house in Yokohama, spotting my dad's Packard parked in the street.

About 30 young men got on one side of the Packard and succeeded in flipping it over. It was then set on fire.

[hanamizu]

About 30 young men got on one side of the Packard and succeeded in flipping it over.

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Packards, for those too young to remember, were pretty substantial cars.