Re: What would US forces have done with "letters from Iwo Jima"?
- From: narrledudh@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:58:51 -0400
On Mar 16, 3:20 pm, "Hugo S. Cunningham" <checkwebs...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In Clint Eastwood's film, the letters were supposedly excavated 50
years later.
Suppose US forces had found them in the immediate aftermath of the
battle?
I think that most armies have standing orders that all captured enemy
mail should be sent to the intelligence folks, but I'd be willing to
bet that some of it, at least, would serve purposes of personal
hygiene.
Narr
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