Posted on 11/29/2005 8:17:13 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
I learned about this contest in an e-mail rec'd from a Japanese POW listserv. The e-mail asked for members to help spread the word (to college students, friends & acquaintances working at a college or university) about the contest.
Please, send questions to Admin@US-JapandialogueonPOWs.org
Thank you.
Would you help me spread the news about this contest? I'd really appreciate it.
I read a great book on this by a guy who was captured at Wake Island and survived the entire war. I can't remember the name of it, though. It correctly portrayed the Pacific conflict as a racist war. It did a fine job of differentiating between the four types of Allied POWs - American, British, Australian, and Dutch. Although the Ducth were the least respected among the different POWs, they had the highest survival rate. The Americans and Aussies were most similar. The Aussies far and away had the best sense of humor. The Americans were the only prisoners who were guilty of killing their own.
As an aside, it also cover s the Chinese POWs and their treatment.
After 14 years of open war with China, Japan finally was forced to release all of the Chinese POWs. There were exactly 54.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand your post; specifically the last line.
The Japanese were so barbaric and arrogant during WWII, just like the Islamic terrorists today.
After being nuked, the Japanese became one of the nicest people.
I hope the liberals can learn from this.
I became interested in the history of Bataan through researching our family genealogy. My husband's uncle survived the Death March and the camps, but sadly, he was one of the POWs aboard one of the Hellships that was bombed.
I was simply relaying some of the things I remember from reading the book. Regarding the last line, the author tells of accounts on POW ships. As Japan lost territory, they had to relocate all POWs to Japan. They would start crowding POWs into the cargo bays of ships and then leave them there for days with no food or water. The conditions were horrific. Some prisoners would go insane and make a lot of noise. A few of these prisoners were killed just to shut them up. The American author knew of no accounts of Aussies killing Aussies, Dutch killing Dutch, or Brits killing Brits. I hope this clarifies my previous post.
Yes, it does. That is how my husband's uncle died...on the Shinyo Maru? I think that was the name of the ship.
Goodnight all. Please, ping those you know who might help spread the word.
Thank you.
BTTT
The Japanese did not mark the ships as POW ships. Many were torpedoed on the way to Japan by F-boats.
Would you help me spread the news about this contest? I'd really appreciate it.
2 posted on 11/29/2005 8:20:16 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
PING
Essay Contest on POWs of the Japanese
Will do! Pinging to spread the news!
LOL! Thanks, ES!
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