[jokar]

When I said went for both sides I mean both sides had a good chance of being simply executed on the spot by the enemy if they surrendered.

And you have documentation correct ?? Please post. My father served in the pacific and I have diaries stating that the japs prisoners were used to gather intelligence. Dead men tale no tales. Prove your point.

[weikel]

Some were spared but the two sides in the Pacific hated each other making them less likely to take prisoners( the hatred was all the fault of the Japanese who were atrocious). As you mentioned such things are hard to prove as dead men tell no tales.