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Originally posted by Moneyguy1
On the history channel, they had filmed interviews with Iwo Jima survivors. One might say that things happened in the heat of battle that civilized people would find hard to believe. I cannot imagine what it was like to be in the midst of such brutality. If our boys did a little "skeet shooting" on the side, I do not know who could blame them. One interviewee told about troops going out in the morning and executing wounded Japanese as they lay. The policy on both sides was "no prisoners".
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In the pacific, there were so few Japanese POWs that we promoted the concept that the Japanese would not surrender, which was not entirely truthful. Yes, there were battlefield executions and torture. When you find brother Marines on the battlefield who have been castrated and beheaded, the rules of engagement change. Again, I'm not judging. Not at all. The Marines had a brutal, ugly job to do. They got it done.