17-10-12 Garand Picture of the Day

[rcathey]

...and why so few Japs got taken as prisoners of war.

A lot of the biographies from the Pacific theater talk about this as self preservation. Some say it with a twinge of personal distaste for the enemy as a whole but for the most part it's more of a "I know what kind of crap they try to pull when 'surrendering' so they're not getting the chance!"
Blowing up grenades once they get close to their captors, etc.

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[Flying10uk]

"I know what kind of crap they try to pull when 'surrendering' so they're not getting the chance!"
Blowing up grenades once they get close to their captors, etc.

Yes, my father worked with someone, years ago, who had served in the Far East during WW2 and he said that "if you saw a Jap soldier you shot first and asked questions later".