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Wonder why there is so much interest.
Team members of the American battleship 'New Jersey' watching bathing Japanese prisoner of war.
During World War II in the Pacific theater of war, Americans of Japanese POWs washed, sheared, treated with anti-lice agent and clothed in American uniforms without insignia.
I had to look to see the Garand, but did notice the sailor with a big club.
Best Regards.....Frank
She was involved in more than one action that involved kamikaze attacks and had crew members injured by the defensive fire of another ship. If they picked up a kamikaze out of the water, that was always an extreme curiosity to the crew. As described by others, there was always a morbid sort of fascination with what sort of "monster" would try to kill them by such violent, horrid means that disregarded the safety of the perpetrator. It was often even more horrible to discover that the kamikazes were basically just young men like themselves with family and girlfriends. But just seeing the enemy was fascinating to most.*
Bob
* See Little Ship Big War by Ed Stafford
Just the shore patrol baton...old days it would have been a belaying pin. All you need to keep a naked man in line.Quote:
Originally Posted by frankderrico
one can wonder today what the press caption today might be
The ultimate humiliation, as they would have led him to a secure place like the brig so could have showered somewhere below decks. Not that one man could be a threat to 2,700 officers & men.
You didn't watch the 1980 movie The Final Countdown!*Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
*Heavy use of sarcasm
Oh! and lets not forget BATTLESHIP where Mighty Mo defeats an alien mother ship and those 4 men carrying a 1 ton H.E.A.P shell the length of Might Mo by hand, then doing a drift turn using an anchor, Australians have a fair imagination but Hollywood takes it to a level of utter stupidity...............................!!!!*:conf used:
Yes I did actually now that would be a sight a 100,000 ton A/C flying through space I bet Doctor Who flying his TARDIS if he saw it would say exactly what the mayor of Hiroshima said W T F was that!**:yikes:
Mediocre use of sarcasm* , **:madsmile:
One thing is brought to mind by the two buckets. If he was a sailor fished out of the sea after his ship was sunk he'd be covered with bunker oil. Perhaps one bucket is solvent and the other is water?Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
The Geneva Convention made shooting humiliating pictures of identifiable prisoners illegal so you do wonder.
Bob
The Japanese did not sign, recognize, or follow the Geneva Convention and therefore were not required to be treated under its provisions if captured.
This photo has some personal interest for me because I served on BB62 as a Quarter Master in 1968. Sadly I never knew much about its history other than it was a WWII battleship. Every 16in round weigh and cost as much as a 1968 Cadillac.
'68 Caddy now there is a car
I'll bet that's it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Womack
I was in Seal Beach a couple years back living in the CO's married quarters as guest. He has two of those out front of the HQ building...large. I couldn't run off with one.Quote:
Originally Posted by daboone
Mark, do you know if the Japanese POW definitely is a captured Kamikaze pilot? If he is, I have no sympathy for him if he feels humiliated but I do have sympathy for the crew of the ship for the awful experience that they must have just been through.
Grew up with a 1967 Coupe DeVilleQuote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Non of the captions I have found indicate KamikazeQuote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk
here is another "Japanese POW is washing himself under the stare of dozens of crew members of USS New Jersey as soon as he and other Japanese have been transferred aboard ship the wash will be followed by delousing and the issue of navy fatigues. The whole scene is rather weird. December 1944"
One has to understand the mindset of the individual their cultural history their training to get to grips with what they were at that period of time Japanese culture was the way of the warrior for 000's of years the way of the Samurai and Bushido the male children were brought up that way death is a glorious act in battle bringing honor to your family and captives are weak they should not have surrendered as they dishonor their families so should die.
The SS same deal they went for a specific type of person that would follow orders to the letter with no thoughts about the morality of the act they are committing their training and indoctrination saw that they would carry on regardless despite losses and the heinous acts committed of which there are numerous stories of the murderous SS in WWII but highly trained and efficient killers they were.
The western allied side fought against what was deemed injustices committed by tyrannical forces that wanted to subjugate the worlds people for their own gain or misguided ideals they had been wronged by previous events in the worlds history like WWI a notion supported by their leaders or the others worshiped a man they thought was a god all of which we knew was shear idealism.
A just cause is the corner stone of our beliefs that a person has an equal rite to be on this rock they should have their share of peace and prosperity yet today the old wars still go on the only difference is technology has changed in a more efficient bomb and weapons systems the enemy has blended into the crowd, has many heads and cares not about losses nor the morality of how they kill or where they kill across the planet