But, perhapsmostpoignantly, was the way that organized soccer ralliedinan impressiveshowofsolidarity in the immediate weeksfollowingthe March 11earthquakeandtsunami.
At the same time, we know that our freedoms must be defended, sometimes by men and women in uniform but mostpoignantly by people refusing to succumb to fear.
He continued to write novels, often based on his own wartime experiences throughout his life - perhaps mostpoignantly in his first book A Crowd is not Company, which took its lead from his experience as a German prisoner of war during World War II.