The Knights of Bushido: A History of Japanese War Crimes During World War II
Posted on 02/11/2022 10:25:43 AM PST by JonPreston
Aren’t many of those real men around anymore.
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Dad was a marine on Guadalcanal and Bougainville. He refused to talk about it with me except to say it was horrible and it was something I should avoid if possible in my life
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Ever wonder why, in 1950, we quit searching for Japanese war criminals but still today hunt down Nazis?
Here is the full interview. What a man, just 94 years young.
That nasty genome among the Japanese population has been almost totally extincted by their losses in WWII.
Same for the Germans.
Thanks for sharing. His name is on the green sign behind him. He had a bridge named after him.
My husband’s uncle served in the Pacific in WW2. He was with the Royal Army. On his death bed he cried and spoke of the unimaginable horrors his brothers-in-arms suffered.
“Purified by Fire”.
God bless this man for his service.
*That nasty genome among the Japanese population has been almost totally extincted by their losses in WWII.*
Allow me to disagree. These people. Their sense of duty is still there. It doesn’t matter what they think individually. A whole generation was duped. Those that hid out in the jungle: some knew the war was over but refused to surrender.
Lemme just say that sense of duty and following orders is still there. They’re lucky we occupied them and didn’t let the Chinese give payback.
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My Dad was in the Army Air Corp with General MacArthur first on New Guinea and then the invasion of Luzon.
He was there on the beach when Doug walked across the water and said “I have returned”.
He returned from Luzon on a hospital ship. He suffered a bullet wound to the head and abdomen. He also had all his upper teeth knocked out by the butt end of a Japanese rifle.
His quote: “Don’t ever trust a Jap, they are sneaky Bastards”
The difference between the Japanese culture and ours/European is that the Japanese believed it was dishonorable to be captured alive. They believed in that you should fight to the death. Hence, they did not treat US/British prisoners well IF they surrendered.
Dad was a Marine manning an anti-aircraft gun at the base of the Maryland's #3 turret, when a Kamikaze flew a few feet directly over his head to impact on the top of that turret, and that is the only thing he ever told me about WWII.
My uncle was wounded by a grenade at Guadalcanal. Million dollar wound. Got sent home.
Read Richard Frank. His book, Tower of Skulls, chronicles their eight year orgy of rape, brutality and slaughter. Honestly, ending the war with two atomic bombs was much more humane than what they deserved.
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