To: lunarbicep
Man, what gonads! This guy probably took more Japanese than any other troop or unit in the war - alone. Definitely MOH material in my opinion.
2 posted on
09/04/2006 4:03:49 AM PDT by
WorkingClassFilth
(Yeah, I've got an axe to grind...what else would you use on Leftists?)
To: lunarbicep
Damn, all that at 18 years old.
My dad used to always give me the "When I was your age..." speech, I can imagine what versions of that that Guy Jr heard. LOL
3 posted on
09/04/2006 4:04:33 AM PDT by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: lunarbicep
Here's his own take on his actions:
“The heroes are still over there,” he told The Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate. “Those who gave their all are the heroes.”
Typical of the real McCoy.
4 posted on
09/04/2006 4:09:00 AM PDT by
WorkingClassFilth
(Yeah, I've got an axe to grind...what else would you use on Leftists?)
To: lunarbicep
May he rest in peace. Prayers for his family.
7 posted on
09/04/2006 4:22:44 AM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: lunarbicep
When “Hell to Eternity” was about to open, Mr. Gabaldon reflected on his exploits but also on his comrades in arms. “The heroes are still over there,” he told The Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate. “Those who gave their all are the heroes.”
Humble man.
Rest in peace, Marine.
Semper Fi
9 posted on
09/04/2006 4:49:57 AM PDT by
Captain Rhino
( Dollars spent in India help a friend; dollars spent in China arm an enemy.)
To: lunarbicep
I saw Hell to Eternity several years ago. It was one of the last movies to feature Sessue Hayakawa, an actor and producer who was one of the pioneers of the movie industry.
To: lunarbicep
11 posted on
09/04/2006 5:13:45 AM PDT by
barker
(Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.)
To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; Samwise; Peanut Gallery; bentfeather; alfa6
To: lunarbicep
My parents knew this guy. I remember them talking about him. Rest In Peace Marine.
Semper Fi.
13 posted on
09/04/2006 5:36:21 AM PDT by
skimask
(People who care what you do don't matter.......People who matter don't care what you do.)
To: lunarbicep
Interesting. I wonder where these 1,000 Japanese prisoners were kept?
From what I have read, there were very few prisoner of war camps for Japanese prisoners, and those were mostly in Australia and New Zealand.
If anyone knows the details of where these particular prisoners were sent, I would be interested in the details --- my guess is that they must have been divided since I don't think any of the camps that I have read about could have accommodated 1,000 additional Japanese prisoners in a single go.
To: lunarbicep
He didn't get the attention -- or the medal -- he deserved.
19 posted on
09/04/2006 3:33:18 PM PDT by
aculeus
To: lunarbicep
Rest in Peace. His was an incredible story:
http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/06/news/story10.html
Gabaldon said it's hard to single out any one point in his life, which included being adopted by a Japanese family when he was 12.
"I came from such a large Latino family that no one objected when I moved in with a Japanese family. They were my extended family. It was there I learned Japanese, since I had to go language school with their children everyday."
But when the war broke out his Japanese family was relocated to a detention camp in Arizona and he went to Alaska and worked in a fish cannery and as a laborer until he decided to enlist in the Marine Corps at the age of 17.
To: lunarbicep
This from the treasonous NYT?
It would be much more in character for them to be printing a story highlighting a draft dodger or deserter than this fine American.
25 posted on
09/04/2006 5:16:30 PM PDT by
RJL
To: lunarbicep
They don't make many MEN like this anymore. If he was in Iraqhe would probably be in chains in Camp Pendleton by now. My how times have changed
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