My Uncle fought on Iwo Jima in ‘45. to this day he despises the Japanese. He won’t say why and to my knowledge he has never spoken of his time on Iwo. He is in his 80’s now and not in good health. I’ve read a lot about the Japanese treatment of prisoners and such and I can only imagine what he saw. I’d love for him to fill me in with a firsthand story but I doubt he wants to bring any of the pain back.
He and his wife visited Peal Harbor on their 50th wedding anniversary and he vowed never to go back because there were too many Japs in Hawaii. Said they couldn’t take it by force so they decided to buy it.