Craig Watson
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4,699 appearances
13 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 17 Aug
Craig Watson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, it was gradually folded into the machinery of wartime propaganda, performing works meant to praise sacrifice, glory of the empire, and strength of morale.
When the delegation of more than 30 members arrived at the 11th Army Headquarters in Wuhan, the army added a military band of more than 20 men to accompany them to Yichang.
By the time they reached the city, the battle had already drawn quite close.
They could not visit the forward positions.
Instead, they performed for the wounded.
The last performance featured heavily made-up young men and women dancing a popular folk number.
As the dance continued, the women bowed and invited medics and wounded men who could still move in to join them.
Kimono and military uniforms mixed.
Smiles appeared beside bandages.
Music from the home islands drifted out beneath the sound of an approaching siege.
It was quite a bizarre scene.
Before dawn on October 6th, Chinese artillery opened on Yuchang from a deafening bombardment, and the cries of the attack rolled over all of the city.
As day came up, the troop members watched stretchers being rushed into the field hospital where they had already recently performed.
One of the 16-year-old twin geisha sisters, named Mihoko, asked the troop leader, Akizuru, through tears whether they would ever be able to return to Tokyo.
Chiho, the famous dance artist in her 50s, answered gently that they would.
Jananami, she said, was leading brave troops there and would arrive in the next few days.
The child just had to pray.
Outside the city, reality was quite harsher.
For two days and nights, the fighting remained quite severe.
The Japanese fell back towards the edge of the city and resisted with desperation.
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