Attack a wooden ship full of civilians?
Sorry sailors ,I’m having difficulty squaring this with American ideals.
I’m pretty sure those sailors wouldn’t give a rip what you have difficulty “squaring”.
American Ideals?
I don’t think so.
You assume the sub knew they were all civilians. There was little sympathy for them after what had occurred in the war by then.
As Sledge said in “The Pacific”:
“WE WERE ALL SENT HERE TO KILL JAPS, WEREN’T WE?! SO WHAT THE HELL DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHAT WEAPON WE USE? [leans in] I’d use my goddamn hands if I had to.”
Total war.
Japan is an island nation. Cutting off their supply line was paramount to winning the war.
War is not healthy for children or other living things.
It was total war. We also flattened cities full of civilians. So did all the other combatants.
Normally I would complain about not following the Geneva Convention but when you have an enemy like the Imperial Japanese were who does not follow the Geneva Convention either then so be it. No Quarter.
“Sorry sailors ,I’m having difficulty squaring this with American ideals”
How brutal was the Bataan Death March?
Thousands of troops died because of the brutality of their captors, who starved and beat the marchers, and bayoneted those too weak to walk. Survivors were taken by rail from San Fernando to POW camps, where thousands more died from disease, murder and starvation.Dec 12, 2022
U.S. Submarines sank the following major Japanese combatant ships of 1,000 tons or more:
Aircraft Carriers 4 SHINANO@, SHOKAKU, TAIHO, UNRYU
Escort Aircraft Carriers 4 CHUYO, JINYO, OTAKA, UNYO
Battleships 1 KONGO
Heavy Cruisers 4 ATAGO, KAKO, MAYO, ASHIGARA#
Light Cruisers 9 AGANO, IZUZU, NAGARA, NATORI, OI, TATSUTA, TENRYU, YUBARI, and TAMA (in combination with aircraft)
Destroyers 38 (One sunk in combination with aircraft)
Submarines 23
Brave men doing brave deeds. Better get back to your couch I think Oprah is going to on soon