The book that chronicled these atrocities was “FLYBOYS” if memory serves. Allied pilots who were shot down and captured were imprisoned of course. Several of those prison camps had commandants who were full of the Bushido BS that filled the adherents with a superiority complex. In many cases, the commandant would select a prisoner, have him murdered, and eat the prisoner’s liver. They thought this demonstrated Japanese superiority. GHW Bush was shot down and taken to one of those prisons. “Fortunately”, he was not one of those victims....depending how you viewed his administration; not to mention his son’s.
The Imperial Japanese gave the Nazis a run for their money, when it came to War Crimes and atrocities.
The entire jap male population should have been exterminated...
Of course I’m biased, having been age 8-to-12 during the war...
In the Shintoism of that day, the Japanese were not a mere “Master Race” - they were a “Divine Race” descended (through the Imperial family) from the Sun Goddess Amaterasu (Hence the Sun, depicted on their National flag, and war flag).
Everyone else (outside of their hive) were considered lesser forms of life.
Too bad they didnt make sushi out of H. We may have been spared the cabal, Clintons, 911, and Barry if he got ate.
Mature audiences? A film about almost eating Bush?
Atomic bombs were some small measure of payback.
My great uncle was taken as a POW while a young Marine when Corregidor fell to the Japanese. He was held for several years, beaten and tortured, while not doing forced labor. He survived and made it back home.
About 20 years ago, I had the honor of meeting Brigadier General Paul Tibbets (USAF, ret) who piloted the “Ebola Gay” B-29 targeting Hiroshima. I gladly and appreciatively thanked him for helping get my uncle and many others back home and WW II ended.
Jeez, talk about misleading headline...
All I saw was a goofy guy in a backward hat. After watching several minutes of it I wanted to commit an atrocity myself.
Docudrama clip on how GHWB was rescued by the USS Finback.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jv-brcIu1E&list=PLivjPDlt6ApRcXXz01bXodkuwn6PUpLpB
Just watch this episode yesterday. Never knew what the Japs did to the others and was sick when I heard what happened.
Mr Ballen is one of the best on Youtube.
It’s funny that you posted this, because I watched this video this morning. I’m subscribed to Mr. Ballen and am a big fan of his storytelling.
This story was a hard listen because of its subject matter.
“41st President was almost eaten”
Wish he was.
HW was never a POW.
Read about the Japanese ‘’hell ships’’. A nightmarish account of how the Japs transported Allied prisoners.
Not for the squeamish.