I remember reading of Guadalcanal. The marines found some of their own guys who had been mutilated by the Japs. After they saw that, they began doing the same, tho I doubt they ever got to the level of brutality of the Japs.
the level of brutality of the Japs.
Actually, after seeing what the Japs did, their brutality did match the level of the Japs.
Read Stud Terkel’s “The Good War”. Good Ol’ Boys who were driven to barbarity by the example set by the Nips.
When you are facing an enemy that WILL NOT SURRENDER, you have no recourse.
The Japs were also especially brutal to captured Marines on Iwo Jima.
The Japs were also especially brutal to captured Marines on Iwo Jima.