Tortured WWII British Soldier Tracks Down Japanese Tormentor And Forgives Him

The Daily Mail ^ | 10-9-12 | Robert Hardman

[mass55th]

"If you haven’t already, get the book “Unbroken”. It is a very similar story."

Yes, it's an excellent book.

Sad that Mr. Lomax recently passed away, and won't see the movie based on his book. I'm definitely putting it on my list to watch when it's released on DVD. The movie "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence," starring David Bowie is another excellent movie about British POW's in Japanese prisons.

[Last Dakotan]

One of history's great failures has to be how the Japanese were for the most part, let-off for their war crimes.

Even to this day acknowledgment of war crimes is a rare event in Japan.

[M1903A1]

One of those early Cold War compromises....

[a fool in paradise]

He was beaten before he was waterboarded. For the media to try to equate the two is intellectually dishonest.

John McCain had his arms broken by North Vietnamese Communists and the Left LAUGHED at him in the debate in 2008 taking this "odd pose" viral.

Break their arms and see how THEY like it.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I also recommend Ship of Ghosts. It is the story of the survivors of the USS Houston and the 131st Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Infantry Division. These men were sent to prison labor camps throughout Southeast Asia, including the infamous Burma-Thailand Railroad.