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To: KingLudd

If you watch the videos one of them is a 93 year old former Marine who personally returned the flag he took off the dead Japanese soldier he took it from.

You can’t hate people forever, you might able to, but I can’t and a lot of WW II veterans feel the same way.


5 posted on 08/31/2023 7:42:56 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: srmanuel

Indeed.

There are a lot of ugly people in the world.


6 posted on 08/31/2023 7:44:57 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: srmanuel

My dad was in the Army, served in the Pacific during WW2 and was part of the occupation force after the war. He brought back a Japanese saber (not a samurai sword), an Arisaka rifle, and two bayonets for it.
The Japanese Embassy contacted him once and asked for the saber back, as it had some sort of paperwork hidden on the handle. He didn’t bother responding.

He never did get over his hatred for the Japanese.
I certainly don’t hate them- it was a different time back then.
What pissed me off was he gave the Arisaka to one of my cousins.


11 posted on 08/31/2023 9:05:45 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: srmanuel

The Japanese soldier didnt start the war


14 posted on 08/31/2023 9:17:34 AM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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