Re: Invasion of Okinawa, Iwo Jima instead of Philipines

Andrew Clark <aclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<mtfester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

I suppose I could turn this around and point out the lack of evidence
you have presented in this regard, but instead I'll fall back on the
opinions of the grandparents of various friends who lived through
the Japanese Occupation, and subsequent liberation.

It was your original claim, so I asked you for substantiation... " And yet
that's not the way they remember it. The Japanese are, rightly, blamed for
the devastation".

And they are. You could read some of the memoirs of (eg) Japanese
soldiers in the PI (see, among others, _Sensou_ by Asahi Press).

Now, please substantiate your allusion to the US being responsible
for the devastation.

If you have no such intention to declare that, then we are in agreement
that the Japanese actions in the PI are the fault of the Japanese.

Mike

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