[unkus]

My dad was a WW II vet who had a close friend who was also a Bataan Death March Survivor. He was missing three fingers on one hand. My dad told me the Japanese had cut off one finger at a time with an ax because he had cut wood too long for the wood stoves. "Flags of Our Fathers" did not depict the barbarism of the Japanese that was shown in the book either.

[ExTexasRedhead]

I have had the privilege of talking to the youngest survivor of the Bataan Death March who frequently speaks at Beale AFB. I can assure you that the brutality the Japanese soldiers inflicted on our soldiers was horrific. No movie showing the humane side of the Japanese soldier can whitewash that.

[Alia]

In my youth, there was a girl who kept getting into trouble. Nice girl, actually. My dad, vet of two wars, sat me down one evening and asked if I would befriend the girl. My dad knew her dad. Her dad was a Bataan Death March survivor. Her mother was very ill. And so I did befriend her.

Clint Eastwood might consider doing a film one day about how the troops support each other even after wars. And so do their children.

There's an untold story here, which to date, has only been covered by such one-sided films as "Coming Home". That film made me so angry due its one-sidedness.

It's not just in Veteran Halls where and how our vets and their families are cared for, watched over.