Re: What would - "letters from Iwo Jima"- into TP

narrledudh@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Wrote I:
I think that most armies have standing orders that all captured -
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.

Wrote a425couple:
Nah, Narr.
If fair way to prove it, I'd take you on that bet.

I'm not sure how to parse the first phrase.

Both morality/ethics

Beg pardon?

and praticality weigh against that.
They had plenty of better quality proper paper
to use for that.

So some Marine crouched in a hole in the dark is automatically
going to have everything he needs at all moments? (I will stipulate
that I have no idea of the likely quality of Japanese letter-paper
in early 1945.)

early war = "Consider the standard army issue
of toilet paper by nation before captivity -
Americans 22.5 sheets per man per day,
3 for the British, 0 for the Dutch."
By Iwo - they were well supplied.

On paper. As it were.

Narr

Those standards didn't apply for the front lines. We were lucky to get both food and ammunition.

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