To: doug from upland
See the movie "To End All Wars" to see what life was like in a Japanese POW camp. Try to put yourself in the position of the people in the camp and how they suffered. I don't think I could have done what they did at the end. I couldn't forgive people like that.
9 posted on
08/27/2005 8:17:42 PM PDT by
U S Army EOD
(WHEN JANE FONDA STARTS HER TOUR, LET ME KNOW WHERE SHE IS)
To: U S Army EOD
The Marine Base where my Dad worked employed a lot of former "Prisoners of the Sun" and Maru survivors. Over the years the affection I hold for the Corps has grown.
15 posted on
08/27/2005 8:23:41 PM PDT by
investigateworld
( Abortion stops a beating heart.)
To: U S Army EOD
BTW, did you know that the Japanese took some 95 civilian contractors at Wake Island and executed all of them after they forced the civilians to make their defenses? Excellent book, "Pacific Alamo," by Wukovits.
39 posted on
08/28/2005 6:08:07 AM PDT by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news)
To: U S Army EOD
Just saw it on DVD. I really thought it was an excellent movie.
Well done, with a great juxtaposition of Honor vs Dishonor and Justice vs. Mercy.
I still have the DVD here, I might watch it again today.
61 posted on
08/28/2005 10:38:20 AM PDT by
Bear_Slayer
(Montani semper liberi !)
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