The horrors that the Japanese dealt to their enemy were horrific.
A few years back I was helping an older gentleman with his computer. We were in his study and I needed a phillips head screw driver. I asked him for one and from outside the room he said "I think there is one in a box on the shelf". Then the phone rang and he was busy speaking to someone.
I got impatient and started diggin around his shelves. I grabbed an old cigar box thinking there might be tools in it. I opened the box and saw the most horrific images. They were old black and white photos. Dead bodies of American GI's with Japanese soldiers laughing next to them. Pictures of hacked off body parts. Pictures of US soldiers that looked like skeletons. Their eyes deeply sunk in to their heads. Some looked lifeless while others looked as if they would kill whoever was taking the pitures if they could.
I heard the old gent coming and I quickly put the box back. He found his tools and we worked on his computer. I did not say anything about the photos but later mentioned them to his wife. She said not to ask him about them. She said he never talks about the war. She said she know of the photos. They had been captured by her husband from the Japanese and were from the Bataan Death March. I never had heard of it and looked it up on the Internet. I found similar photos. Bad stuff. I'll never forget. The old gent is resting with the Lord now as is his wife. Bless them both.
We can never thank those enough that have fought for us. What has been endured for us by these brave people can never be fully understood by many of us that have never been in harms way. I have seen The Pacific and while it may not be up to snuff for some I believe that it is very important that all Americans know what has been done for us by our fellow citizens. In every war. So I applaud the makers of the film and hope that as many people as possible see it.
Had an uncle,marine, who only ONCE in his life talked bout what he experienced/saw on the islands...