lost ww II battlefield-found
 

Hope they will have NG with them so we can se it before relic hunters empty the place..:nope:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/07...dead-included/

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Disclaimer

I do not belive all relic hunters are bad persons, but in many cases they show little respect for the dead and have far more interest in getting souvenirs. Any casualty of war should be treatet with respect, anyone dead should be treatet with respect. I cant accept that any grave are disturbed unless its something that is vital to explain national / cultural history. Any ship sunk or bodys found that are part of any historic event should be left alone or realeased to the famely, Not broken apart so someone can get a medal in a showcase to impress there friends, or to be sold as a sensation item

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wow, that's amazing, shame there's no more pics. What a find.

That is a very good find, I think TarJak will be interested in this article!:o

When you think about it....the site lay undisturbed for over 60 years because the locals feared the spirits of the dead were still there :o

Pretty amazing what can turn up after all this time.

Wow :o Imagine stumbling on something like that on a hike...

Dammit, they specified in the article where the site is located. Hope there's some cordoning-off happening there right now. :hmmm:

[QUOTE=krashkart;1414602]Dammit, they specified in the article where the site is located. Hope there's some cordoning-off happening there right now. :hmmm:[

You shoulda read the whole article. Last paragraph.


/QUOTE]Freeman said they are working with respective governments to repatriate the fallen solders and preserve the site in its “current pristine condition." Until then, no groups will be permitted to trek the site

Oh, I missed that. :oops:

i know this might be considered stupid, but i have emailed National geografic about this. Hopefully they could make an awsome show about this...

L.T

That would be great if they did! Good thinking. :sunny:

Gosh...what a treasure chest and simply amazing find! After all these years covered 60 miles deep in the jungle. The question is....do the Japanese have the right of way in collecting the remains and material? I would say yes.

With all that ordinance laying around it sounds like a case where superstition saved lives.

I would say no. Imperial Japan caused the murder and suffering of millions of people over the pacific. Imperial Japan was there in part of their failed conquest of half the world.

So why should Japan have the right of having these what were, barbarians sent home. These soilders did not care for human life. Imperial Japan soldiers beheaded POWs, and enslaved POWs and the conquered populations to help garrison their war machine.

I have no sympathy for the aggressor, and I am glad they rotted where they were fell for 70 years.

But we aren't generalizing now, are we?;)

In that case you could also say "let all US soldiers who fell in Vietnam rot until eternity".
But I guess that's somehow different?:doh:

Some Japanese soldiers did behead POWs. Some of them did really horrendous things. But you can't punish them all for that.

I shouldn't have posted my thoughts on that I guess. But I, as well as about everyone in my family, is very sensitive to the Pacific War. My grandfather was KIA in the Pacific, and my mother never got to know him. In fact, I am told, my grandfather never got to lay eyes on his daughter. (My mother).

Anyway, about the troops rotting in Vietnam, I think the majority of the US troops there, had NO choice. Maybe the Japanese soldier did not either, but the atrocities committed by them on the whole, can not be ignored. The US commeted atrocities in Vietnam as well, (Mai Lai anyone) but not on the same or even close to the same scale.

Anyway, sorry for the above rant in my previous post.

Some helped the POW's as well.

Had no choice in VN? There was plenty of atrocities in the VN war perpetrated by the US soldiers however this has no bearing on what should be done with the remains of the Japanese or the American remains. When does the spoils to the victor end? Is this find a spoil of war or is it something that requires attention for the Japanese families that did send their young kids off to war much like the Americans did?

^I know the Vietnam conflict has no bearing on what should be done with the remains, I was just commenting on what DarkFish had to say. The parents of these soldiers are more than likely deceased as well. Wonder if there is someone alive today whom one or some of these soldiers fathered?



Anyway, I'm out of this discussion, I am too biased. Biased to Imperial Japan. Not the peaceful nation of Japan today.