[Berlin_Freeper]

“a landscape of hell”

[txrefugee]

The Japanese were sub-human in their viciousness. Thank God for the atomic bombs we had, and the men who had the courage to use them.

[SkyPilot]

While I agree that tremendous atrocities were committed by Japan during the war (Bataan Death March, Rape of Nanking, torture, etc) - the time to scream for "apologies" is past.

WW II began 76 years ago (1939). Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 - 84 years ago. Time to move on. Moreover, going back decades and centuries, looking for this and that leads to nothing but animosity for current and future generations. American Blacks today want "reparations" for slavery - and ZERO of these people have experienced slavery. Enough is enough.

[Macoozie]

Talk with those who lived through any of this. Some of the clearest memories, still intact, in the waning years for these folks. Events witnessed as a young person; seeing beheadings, rapes, friends burning alive, and barely escaping away into the mountains.

"Never Forget" will be the least we can do.

Preparing/preventing/holding accountable for CURRENT atrocities we CAN and should do. Evils of these kinds should not go un-punished.

We let WWII issues slide for too many years now, but when it happens again, and it has and it will, what will we do?

Burning prisoners alive in cages? WTF?

[Flintlock]

In Japan, the Japs believe they didn’t do anything wrong.

In REALITY—the Japs were FAR WORSE than the NAZIs—they just didn’t document their horrors as well as their allies did.

[4yearlurker]

Both my Uncle and Father in law fought the Japanese in WW2. I heard many stories about the war from them through the years,but one thing they both would say is: "we took no Jap prisoners."

[M1903A1]

My old watchmaker friend (may he rest in peace) was a veteran of the 37th Division, and fought from Guadalcanal to the Philippines. He would talk about things that happened on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Bougainville, and elsewhere on Luzon.

He only mentioned Manila once, and then was very vague about it. I can’t help wondering....

[SgtHooper]

No apologies. This will lead to demand for apologies form every country in the world for various atrocities committed or not committed.