Captain Shunsako Kudo of IKAZUCHI Destroyer during WW2

LukeFF · 03-04-09, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Well, some of us don't use smartdark....

Me included.

You can just highlight it.

Not changing the font color will result in the correct text color for the theme each user chooses to use. And not, I don't want to just highlight text to read something.

jazzabilly · 03-04-09, 08:01 PM

One decent Japanese Officer doesn't change the record of the rest. 99.99999% were insufferable bastards who needed to be sat upon their swords.

kiwi_2005 · 03-04-09, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jazzabilly

One decent Japanese Officer doesn't change the record of the rest. 99.99999% were insufferable bastards who needed to be sat upon their swords.

Yes but i suppose just one decent Japanese Officer is better than none.

Diopos · 03-05-09, 12:07 AM

What would be really interesting to know is how the IJN reacted when he returned with the 400+ prisoners...

virtualpender · 03-05-09, 12:16 AM

The ending of this story is that Sam Dealey, Captain of the HARDER, sank this destroyer in April 1944. This Japanese officer in this story rescued men from DD-225. HARDER was sunk August 1944 by that vessel's sister ship DD-224 (captured as a prize and in service with the IJN as PB-102).

Sad irony.

And as someone who took the oral history of several former POW's held by the Japanese during WWII, this one act of mercy, or a thousand like it, do nothing to erase or minimize the inhuman manner in which the Japanese treated their prisoners.

Torplexed · 03-05-09, 12:44 AM

American soldiers who surrendered at Bataan recall being rather well treated by the ordinary front line soldiers. Things started getting ugly as they were marched toward the rear and watches and other personal items were stolen. There was no consistency in the actions of the Japanese. One truckload of troops would toss down water canteens to the prisoners, while the next savagely swung "liberated" golf clubs at their heads. The one thing that was consistent was that things grew worse as they marched up the Bataan peninsula. It didn't help that the Japanese only anticipated 25,000 able-bodied prisoners and were ill-tempered about having to care for 76,000 starving ones.

A Very Super Market · 03-05-09, 12:46 AM

Generally speaking, the farther from the front lines, the more fervent the soldiers become.

kiwi_2005 · 03-04-09, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by LukeFF

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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Well, some of us don't use smartdark....

Me included.

You can just highlight it.

Not changing the font color will result in the correct text color for the theme each user chooses to use. And not, I don't want to just highlight text to read something.

Fixed. Was on 2nd PC in house when i put this up, 2nd pc is so crappy that the monitor is super bright where text has to be set to dark to read something

Unable to use main PC as son was in World of Warcraft and had a very very important Raid with his guild mates - that according to him his life depended on it.

03-04-09, 08:01 PM	#2
jazzabilly Planesman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 186 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	One decent Japanese Officer doesn't change the record of the rest. 99.99999% were insufferable bastards who needed to be sat upon their swords. __________________ If it's a fair fight, then you didn't plan it properly. ====================================

03-05-09, 12:07 AM	#4
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	What would be really interesting to know is how the IJN reacted when he returned with the 400+ prisoners... __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

03-05-09, 12:46 AM	#7
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Generally speaking, the farther from the front lines, the more fervent the soldiers become. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

03-05-09, 12:16 AM	#5
virtualpender Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 381 Downloads: 281 Uploads: 0	The ending of this story is that Sam Dealey, Captain of the HARDER, sank this destroyer in April 1944. This Japanese officer in this story rescued men from DD-225. HARDER was sunk August 1944 by that vessel's sister ship DD-224 (captured as a prize and in service with the IJN as PB-102). Sad irony. And as someone who took the oral history of several former POW's held by the Japanese during WWII, this one act of mercy, or a thousand like it, do nothing to erase or minimize the inhuman manner in which the Japanese treated their prisoners.

03-05-09, 12:44 AM	#6
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	American soldiers who surrendered at Bataan recall being rather well treated by the ordinary front line soldiers. Things started getting ugly as they were marched toward the rear and watches and other personal items were stolen. There was no consistency in the actions of the Japanese. One truckload of troops would toss down water canteens to the prisoners, while the next savagely swung "liberated" golf clubs at their heads. The one thing that was consistent was that things grew worse as they marched up the Bataan peninsula. It didn't help that the Japanese only anticipated 25,000 able-bodied prisoners and were ill-tempered about having to care for 76,000 starving ones.