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Old 12-07-2009, 03:02 PM
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Default Re: A day that will live in infamy
Originally Posted by pizzaguy
Yea, but my problem is, my son married a Japanese girl in 2002.

Hard to think of a daughter in law as a "child of the enemy".
I guess time, enough time, and things are... different.

But I can still remember, and honor those who served.
Do not get me wrong, I have found the Japanese people I have met excellent people and I am sure that your daughter in law is a gem as well. But the old guard just cannot say they did any wrong in China, Korea or in WW2. If they do it is only grudgingly. The newer generations are of a totally different mindset.
I knew men who had been prisoners and one who met prisoners coming from the POW camps, the stories were horrific, a mini Holocaust. This applied to all of the Allied POW's.
Pearl Harbor was just the start for the US, others had been at it for a while.
Tragically Pearl Harbor was a godsend to the Allies fighting already and started a war that Japan could not win.
What a waste it all was.
 
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