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Tortured WWII British Soldier Tracks Down Japanese Tormentor And Forgives Him
The Daily Mail ^
| 10-9-12
| Robert Hardman
Posted on 10/10/2012 8:13:22 AM PDT by trailhkr1
Beaten to a pile of broken bones, caged, starved and tortured, Eric Lomax was convinced he would never see Britain ever again.
He had already experienced the lottery of death among the chain gangs on the Burma-Siam Railway. Now things were even worse. Accused of being a spy, he had been left to the mercies of the Japanese armys secret police.
Among their specialities was what is today known as waterboarding, when a prisoner undergoes near-drowning. It was surely only a matter of time before he would be put out of his misery.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: beatings; ericlomax; forgiveness; greatbritain; japan; lomax; pow; pravdamedia; railwayman; warcrimes; waterboarding; wwii
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:13:26 AM PDT
by
trailhkr1
To: trailhkr1
Every once in awhile you come across a story that clearly illustrates what Christianity is all about.
To: trailhkr1
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:23:04 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
To: trailhkr1
Just damn. It’s not like I needed more proof that there are way better men than me.
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:26:04 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Hopey changey low emission unicorns and a crap sandwich)
To: Buckeye McFrog
” Every once in awhile you come across a story that clearly illustrates what Christianity is all about.”
Most of us would like to be this kind of Christian, but few of us will attain it.
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:27:17 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: trailhkr1
Among their specialities was what is today known as waterboarding, when a prisoner undergoes near-drowning.Perceived near drowning.
I'm sure our POWs would've been delighted if the Japanese had simply waterboarded.
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:28:59 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Buckeye McFrog
If you haven’t already, get the book “Unbroken”. It is a very similar story.
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:31:26 AM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: trailhkr1
I’ve never heard of Japanese waterboarding. What the guy is referring to is a much more painful form of torture described as follows:
Ruthless in the extreme, he loved tormenting us. He especially revelled in a sickening brand of water torture.
He had guards pin down his hapless victim before pouring gallons of water down the prisoner’s throat using a bucket and hose. The man’s stomach would swell up from the huge volumes of water.
Okada would then gleefully jump up and down on him. Sometimes guards tied barbed wire around the poor soul’s stomach. Most died; only a few survived.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254168/Monsters-River-Kwai-One-British-POW-tells-horrifying-story.html#ixzz28uYCvnZK
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:44:20 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
GOD has blessed him with the strength to forgive. I hope I would have the willpower and strength to do the same. I read the book unbroken and at the end I have to admit I was rooting for the US Serviceman to get revenge on his Japanese captors.....
To: trailhkr1
Excellent article. Thank you for posting.
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posted on
10/10/2012 8:47:59 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Most of us would like to be this kind of Christian, but few of us will attain it.Being true to the precepts put forth by our Lord is really difficult. Sadly, I find myself so far from the mark most times that I'm truely grateful our Lord is merciful. Those few times it my life when I felt well and truely within his will should be enough to cause me to more fervently seek that well being of spirit always, but we poor creatures are easily distracted by shiny things, and we forget that which we should not.
Walking the walk of Christ is not an easy task.
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posted on
10/10/2012 9:22:06 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Rid the world of those savages. - Dorothy Woods, widow of a Navy Seal, AMEN!)
To: trailhkr1
Saw a documentary once about Australian POWs during WW II.One former POW said that most of the Japanese guards were vicious beyond belief but one or two were decent to the prisoners...refraining from abuse and giving them extra food.He said that if any other guard had found out and reported it to superiors the decent guards would have been executed on the spot.
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posted on
10/10/2012 9:57:20 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
To: trailhkr1
Great article! Nicole Kidman will be co-starring in the movie.
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:02:03 AM PDT
by
Perseverando
(Gun control? It's the OBOTS who are filling up prisons for violent crimes, not the Tea Party.)
To: trailhkr1
bigger man than i
after tracking him down, i'd more likely mimic clyde shelton then gandhi
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:03:10 AM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: jakerobins
” GOD has blessed him with the strength to forgive.”
TO A DEGREE FEW WOULD THINK POSSIBLE.
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:05:18 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: zeugma
” Being true to the precepts put forth by our Lord is really difficult. Sadly, I find myself so far from the mark most times that I’m truely grateful our Lord is merciful.”
If it weren’t for God’s grace, most of us would be doomed.
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:07:54 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: wjcsux
If you havent already, get the book Unbroken. It is a very similar story.Indeed it is. Well worth the read.
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:12:06 AM PDT
by
Marathoner
(If the bastard were to win reelection, let America burn. IDGAF anymore.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Most of us would like to be this kind of Christian, but few of us will attain it. Most of us will never have the opportunity to be "this kind of Christian". Most of us will never face any worse persecution than having misguided or malevolent folks say bad things about us.
Still, we should ask God to give us the grace to forgive them.
"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us ..."
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:13:08 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
If it weren’t for God’s grace, ALL of us would be doomed.
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:15:48 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
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posted on
10/10/2012 10:27:10 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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