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tblue37

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7. True, but those who go through such events tend to be unforgiving in their

Reply to flotsam (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 29, 2018, 12:04 AM

Jul 2018

feelings toward the "enemy." My father, who was a 19-year-old airmen at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed, never overcame his prejudice against the Japanese. I knew there was no point in trying to argue with him about it.

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USS Indianapolis: Survivor Accounts From the Worst Naval Disaster in U.S. History [View all] jpak Jul 2018 OP

So Sad mitch96 Jul 2018 #1

And the Captain GP6971 Jul 2018 #2

a relative of mine was on that ship hfojvt Jul 2018 #3

My partner's uncle was killed on The Indianapolis. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2018 #11

Very sad story of Japanese brutality. roamer65 Jul 2018 #4

Mt dad was in the first US landing of the war - Guadalcanal. Wounded, recovered, then Iwo Jima. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #5

Umm-a Japanese submarine on battle patrol flotsam Jul 2018 #6

True, but those who go through such events tend to be unforgiving in their tblue37 Jul 2018 #7

Yep flotsam Jul 2018 #8

"never overcame his prejudice against the Japanese" mitch96 Jul 2018 #13

I never let Dad know I had Japanese-American friends in college and even briefly dated a tblue37 Jul 2018 #15

It wasn't brutality. It was a military action, between armed opponents. NutmegYankee Jul 2018 #10

Not even remotely the worst naval disaster in US history. NutmegYankee Jul 2018 #9

my father was a radio operator on a PBY onethatcares Jul 2018 #12

"He said the crew he was with could only circle" mitch96 Jul 2018 #14

Very interesting. Thank you for posting this. K & R nt Persondem Jul 2018 #16