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MACARTHUR FORCES LAND ON BIAK ISLAND, BATTTLE FOE 900 MILES FROM PHILIPPINES (5/28/44)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library
| 5/28/44
| Frank L. Kluckhohn, Asahel Bush, Milton Bracker, Gene Currivan, Harold Denny, Hanson W. Baldwin
Posted on 05/28/2014 5:13:27 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: GailA; Homer_J_Simpson; colorado tanker; fso301; Tax-chick
Very cool stuff, and thanks for sharing your father's story. I wish we had more men like him today.
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05/29/2014 6:49:30 AM PDT
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henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: GailA; henkster; Homer_J_Simpson; fso301; Tax-chick
Thanks very much for the post, Gail. The personal stories that are posted on these threads really bring the history alive.
For their very tough fight on Corregidor, the 503rd PIR was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and was given the nickname, The Rock. Quite an outfit.
To: fso301; henkster
According to a book I read in college, the Japanese were “herding” the non-Chinese natives of Formosa and using them as a food supply. They practiced cannibalism not just because they were hungry, but to reinforce their sense of racial superiority and alienation from other Asian races.
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05/29/2014 11:56:49 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(I had some wild friends ... we did some crazy things.)
To: Tax-chick; henkster
According to a book I read in college, the Japanese were herding the non-Chinese natives of Formosa and using them as a food supply. They practiced cannibalism not just because they were hungry, but to reinforce their sense of racial superiority and alienation from other Asian races.I believe it was Henkster not long ago who described Indians fighting alongside the Japanese in Burma as "traveling rations". Survival cannibalism is one thing but as you pointed out, the Japanese also practiced ritual cannibalism. George Bush narrowly escaped being the victim of ritualistic canibalism when he was shot down.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/1445167/George-Bushs-comrades-eaten-by-their-Japanese-PoW-guards.html
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05/29/2014 2:01:02 PM PDT
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fso301
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