There was an article written about him by someone who lived close to him and was friends with his sons. Snafu turned out to be one of those quiet...
I am shocked by some of the rather open statements made by former veterans of the imperial Japan forces who are still around today. Here's an...
This is an ancient thread but I thought I would add to this since I know quite a bit about actual KMT training "standards" back then. Aside from...
I know quite a bit about modern contemporary Japanese culture but i've always considered the right wing Japanese to be an interesting footnote...
I can't think of anything much worse than being a soldier on the eastern front or in one of the many Sino-Japanese or pacific island campaigns....
I'm not exactly new to this forum as I used to lurk here some odd years ago. I just don't remember what forum name I used or what e-mail I had....
A couple observations that must be said about modern Japan.. Your average Japanese person views war as a pretty strange ephemeral event that...
What's particularly interesting is the paragraph where Sledge describes hearing a voice tell him that he's going to survive the war. A voice that...
Mistake? The biggest was ever allowing the militaristic mafia group "Black dragon society" and other right wing military cohorts to gain control...