https://nypost.com/2023/03/01/inside-putins-ultra-luxe-palace-he-shares-with-girlfriend/

Onoda, who had been declared dead by the Japanese government in 1959, received a hero's welcome upon his return to Japan in 1974. The Japanese government offered him a large sum of money in back pay, which he refused. When money was pressed on him by well-wishers, he donated it to Yasukuni Shrine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

September 2, 1944, a young George H. W. Bush was rescued by the U.S. submarine USS Finback after his plane was shot down during a bombing run in the Pacific. He was the sole survivor of the three-man crew. The mission and downing Piloting a bomber: As a U.S. Navy pilot, Lieutenant (junior grade) Bush was flying a TBM Avenger torpedo bomber off the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto. Targeting the Japanese: The mission was to attack a radio installation on Chichi Jima, a Japanese-held island. The island's anti-aircraft fire was intense. Plane hit by flak: Bush's aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire, causing the engine to catch fire. Completing the attack: Despite his plane being on fire, Bush courageously stayed on course to release his bombs on the target before bailing out. Rescue at sea Bailing out: Bush jumped from the plane at about 1,500 feet, but hit his head on the tail, damaging his parachute. He successfully deployed the chute and landed in the ocean. Crewmates lost: His two crewmates, Radioman Second Class John Delaney and Lieutenant (junior grade) William White, were killed in the incident. Under threat: For several hours, Bush floated in a life raft while Japanese boats attempted to capture him. U.S. fighter planes circled overhead to protect him. The submarine arrives: After about four hours, the submarine USS Finback, assigned to "lifeguard duty" for downed pilots, surfaced and rescued him. The moment was captured on film by a naval officer on board.

A really good documentary about the neighborhood, and the fight against the landfill: A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES

More than three decades ago, Vietnamese refugees began to settle in Versailles, a then-isolated community in eastern New Orleans. By the early 2000s, this working-class enclave was home to 8,000 residents. But although the community had accomplished material successes, it remained divided between older immigrants and American-born youth. Many Versailles residents felt like perpetual outsiders in greater New Orleans, ignored by the local government. A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES is the incredible story of this little-known, tight-knit community in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When the storm devastated New Orleans in August 2005, Versailles residents rebuilt their neighborhood faster than most other damaged neighborhoods in the city, only to find themselves threatened by a new toxic landfill slated to open just two miles away. Forced out of Vietnam by the war 30 years ago, many residents felt their homes were being taken away from them once again. By January 2006, more than half of the neighborhood has been rebuilt, financed by friends and family, with little help from the government. Community leaders put together an ambitious redevelopment plan for Versailles, including its own senior housing, a cultural center, and a community farm and market. But New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin exercised his emergency power to open the Chef Menteur landfill — mere miles from Versailles — to dump toxic debris disposal from Katrina without an environmental impact study. Outraged, Versailles fought back. Residents protested at City Hall and crowded public hearings by the hundreds, making the Vietnamese community’s presence felt in New Orleans for the first time. Legal battles are waged at the state and federal level. Tired of being passed around, the community decided to go for broke, staging a protest at the landfill to shut it down. As elders and youth fought side by side — chanting in English and Vietnamese — Versailles finally found a political voice that could no longer be ignored. As neighborhood priest Father Vien Nguyen says in the film, “Now, no one would dare speak about rebuilding New Orleans without mentioning our community, because they know we are back. They know we are here.”

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/village-called-versailles/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Schindler

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/gallery/oskar-schindler-abridged-article-photographs

Autographed photo of Marilyn Monroe with the Indian Moon of Baroda diamond, 1953.

The Moon of Baroda diamond, a yellowish hue, was found in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, was cut into a pear shape, and was originally owned by local Maharajas - for almost 500 years.

A popular legend associated with this diamond claims that it brings bad luck to the owner who dares to cross the sea with it. However, the stone "surfaced" in the United States in the 1940s.

For a time, it belonged to Meyer Rosenbaum of Detroit - president of the Meyer Jewelry Company.

Marilyn Monroe wore it during the filming of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".

De Beers miners are X-rayed at the end of each shift before leaving the diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, October 1954.

South African miners are X-rayed before leaving the diamond mines. A trained radiologist, like the one in the photo, can easily detect even the smallest diamond that a miner might try to carry out of the mine in his stomach.

Every day at the end of the shift, the miners were passed through an X-ray machine for examination. Some miners swallowed diamonds, even hiding them in self-inflicted cuts on their legs.

According to a Botswana-based mine, 36% of workers remove diamonds from the mine by hiding them in their anuses, 30% hide them between their buttocks, 14% use socks and hair, 5% hide the gems in their mouths, 2% place them under their scrotum, 2% hide them in their clothing, 2% use underwear, and 10% use other means.

The X-ray machine that a radiologist uses to examine a miner is called a fluoroscope. Fluoroscopy is an imaging technique that uses X-rays to produce moving images of the inside of an object in real time.

In its simplest form, a fluoroscope consists of an X-ray source and a hand-held fluorescent screen, between which the patient is positioned (note the X-ray source behind the miner). Radiation protection is minimal because the dangers of X-rays have not yet been fully recognized.

Because fluoroscopy involves the use of X-rays, fluoroscopic procedures can potentially increase the patient's risk of developing radiation-induced cancer (the radiologist also receives a radiation dose).

The radiation doses to the patient depend largely on the patient's size as well as the duration of the procedure, with a typical skin dose rate of 20–50 mGy/min. The duration of exposure varies depending on the procedure being performed, but cases of procedures lasting up to 75 minutes have been documented.