In regard to the Japs and Japanese PC nonsense, when referring to the war in the Pacific we fought the Japs of Imperial Japan and it would be most appropriate to refer to them in that way. The men who fought them should always be able to refer to them as Japs in relating their experiences. If you go to the official site for the 41th Infantry, which was part of McArthur’s army you will note they took pride in being the division that took the fewest Japanese prisoners. In New Guinea a unit of the division overran a Japanese position and discovered they had slaughtered and eaten American soldiers and the Japs were not that hungry. When McArthur’s army got back to the Philippines they killed about every Jap they could find.
There is a light year of difference between them and the Japanese of later generations and even those of that generation who rebuilt Japan. I remember how thankful we were to return to Yokosuka and have the Japanese yard workers swarm over our ship. Many of those who helped build the Imperial Japanese Navy that attacked Pearl Harbor were in charge of the shops that did exquisite work repairing our ship before we headed to Vietnam again. The piers, cranes, drydocks, and shops were never bombed, because the U.S. Navy had determined to homeport the 7th Fleet there.
>> The piers, cranes, drydocks, and shops were never bombed, because the U.S. Navy had determined to homeport the 7th Fleet there.
Now *that* is an interesting tidbit!