Mildred Dalton Manning, Army nurse and World War II prisoner, dies at 98

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[TurboZamboni]

In 1943, two Hollywood movies were made about the heroic nurses of the Philippines, “Cry ‘Havoc’ ” and “So Proudly We Hail,” but the real-life Angels of Bataan and Corregidor were almost forgotten after they were interned.

The letters they wrote to their families in America never arrived and were found after the war in a Manila warehouse.

Mrs. Manning later said that the prison camp had no showers, beds or kitchens. A single toilet was used by hundreds of people. Yet somehow she and the nurses persevered. They maintained strict military order among themselves, always wearing their uniforms and caring for the sick.

[TurboZamboni]

RIP

[BelleAl]

Just read the obit. Amazing....

[twister881]

Read Gavan Daws' book Prisoners of the Japanese. You won't look at the Sons of Nippon in the same light ever again. And from experience, the Japanese remain the most racist society in the world. They have yet to formally apologize for their WWII atrocities, and the manifold crimes they committed are not taught in a meaningful way in their schools.

[RedMDer]

Thank you Millie. You are truely an angel.
RIP

[Gay State Conservative]

There's only one thing that Brokaw's ever uttered with which I agree,and that is:

"THE GREATEST GENERATION"

[Gay State Conservative]

And from experience, the Japanese remain the most racist society in the world. They have yet to formally apologize for their WWII atrocities, and the manifold crimes they committed are not taught in a meaningful way in their schools.

Both the Germans and the Japanese committed unspeakable war crimes in the 30's and 40's.First,to address your "racism" charge.Focusing strictly on the current day,my understanding is that Japan is about the most homogeneous large nation in the world and that's thanks to deliberate government policy.Japan today is a peaceful,serene,civilized nation where violent crime,for example,is almost unheard of.Poverty and slums,as well,are just about unheard of there.The US,OTOH,is as "multicultural" as hell and look at us.Take a drive through the Bronx,as I did the other day,and get back to me.I rest my case on that point.

Also,since the end of the war Japan has behaved in a civilized peaceful fashion.There's not a nation (or individual) on earth that's had reason to fear Japan or her individual citizens since that day.Can the same be said of Germany and her people? You know the answer to that.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Having been a patient on both the Sanctuary and the Repose the history sinking of the Centaur cut me to the bone.

My father was career Navy and most of his friends were ‘mil spec’. One taught me the knot they used on him in the Japanese POW camps. To say he was ‘edgy’ is to say nothing.

Yes I have visited Japan and the people were very nice to me.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[bigdaddy45]

Uhh.... i’m not sure how to break it to you, but we’ve been multi-cultural since day one. What culture exactly would recommend be the dominant one? German? English? Italian? Swedish? French? Spanish? We’re a mix of all of them (and many more). Always have been.

[Gay State Conservative]

Uhh.... i’m not sure how to break it to you, but we’ve been multi-cultural since day one.

My goodness...so much to say here.Well,in a nutshell...40 years ago ballots handed out in Federal election were printed in one language,ENGLISH.Today they're printed in 40 (any idea where "Tagalog" is spoken?).Which ballot is indicative of the American culture and which is indicative of the hyphenated culture? Mention the term "melting pot" in this country today and just about everyone under 40 thinks of Gordon Ramsey.That doesn't tell you *anything* about "culture"?

[Gay State Conservative]

One taught me the knot they used on him in the Japanese POW camps. To say he was ‘edgy’ is to say nothing.

I remember seeing a portion of a documentary about Aussie POWs of the Japanese.The several of them that I heard speak told of unspeakable barbarism by most of their guards but also of decency shown by a handful.Extra food and things like that.One of the Aussies said that if their superiors had ever found out about these acts they would have been made to wish that they were never born.

[VR-21]

A timely post TurboZamboni. Next Tuesday, 9 April, will be the 71st anniversary of the capitulation of American and Filipino forces on Bataan. The Japanese then turned their attentions fully on Corregidor, where Mildred Manning was (as was my father). Corregidor fell on 6 May 1942.