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Originally posted by SoCal911SC
The Japanese army and soliders were trained to never surrender, and they were very good at that. Some of the most vicious battles of all of WWII were fought on the little tiny islands in the Pacific.
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This is perhaps one of the finest fables told in recent history. My father was a machine gunner in the first Marine landing force at Guadalcanal. In the early days of war in the pacific, many Japanese attempted to surrender. The U. S. Marines took no prisoners at Guadalcanal. They did not have the manpower to guard prisoners. All Japanese combatants were killed. The Japanese learned quickly that the white flag would not be honored.
In fairness, the Japanese also routinely killed U.S. Marines who attempted to surrender. War is ugly.