To be fair, some Japanese surrendered to my Dad after much of the fighting was over and he was running supply operations. At that point, he pretty much was over all the killing.
The Japanese wanted to make sure they were not surrendering to a Marine.
He received no recognition for it and might say was punished for it.
One of the two officers attended USC.
I am glad that you have told a small part of your father’s story here. So much of the last 75 years of heros have been forsaken and downplayed by the old media, and they are going fast.
I am still mad at how my friend, Tex, received virtually no recognition in the old media when he passed, and he was an incredible hero. Do nothing *actors* and lip syncing *singers* were considered far more newsworthy. I need to write more of his stories.
I often think that he was the role model for Matt Helm in the series of novels.