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Post by darthdract on Jun 3, 2013 21:02:45 GMT 8
Hey Darth....Did this particular person mention the fact that the POWs were, in many cases badly under nourished, diseased in need of medical attention, etc. I have viewed photos, where in many instances, the guards were mounted on bicycles, not walking, but always sporting their rifles and its' "pig sticker" bayonet. There is an account, I think on the Bataan/Corregidor Defenders website, where some twenty some year old Japanese woman said that she had walked the route of the "Death March" (in a cooler part of the year) and it was not so difficult. Of course she was healthy and had all the water she needed, etc. She also wasn't being prodded along by some sadistic little guard with the preiously mentioned "pig sticker" bayonet. How in the Hell somebody could make that outlandish statement, I will never be able to fathom. All my attempts to make sense of this kind of reasoning drive me crazy. The fellow I talk with denies the fact that the guards randomly beats the POWS. or the fact that most of POWS are already exhausted and suffering mall nutrition even before the death march started. Its War they where figthing desperately just before the surrender its not like the Japanese arrived at their barracks and interrupted a feast and made them walk from Bataan to Cabanatuan.
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Post by darthdract on Jun 3, 2013 18:31:05 GMT 8
I know this is beating a dead horse, It is just appalling that even "some" Japanese citizens today are either ignorant or still in denial of the atrocities done by their soldiers and would sometimes even go far insulting the Filipinos and Americans who died during the death march like this one Japanese who told me that their soldiers also walk with the prisoners all the way during the death march saying that the Americans and Filipono soldiers are weak and undisciplined.
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Post by darthdract on May 27, 2013 15:02:36 GMT 8
Thanks Fots for posting those photos. I love the ones you took of Lorcha dock, amazing photos I am jealous I was not able to take good photos when I visited I was too overwhelmed with the experience.
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Post by darthdract on May 25, 2013 13:18:32 GMT 8
Again great Then and now sets Fots.
I hope they would just leave the north dock as it is. I am lucky I saw it before they tried to repair it. Do you have photos back in 2010 or 2012 before the renovation?
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Post by darthdract on May 24, 2013 21:31:32 GMT 8
I never get the idea why they think a tourist who is interested in WWII history will suddenly have an urge to zip on that line. It is just so out of place. Also I don't like the comical way they present the tour its like they are forcing things to be funny.
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Post by darthdract on May 8, 2013 1:26:43 GMT 8
I was just looking for photos of antique fire trucks in manila over the web when I saw these from a local website. (Timawa.net) Its an Isuzu fire truck from dumaguete city. They also have this 3 wheeler daihatsu which according to the poster has the same Plague "NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION" and "Japan Reparations".
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Post by darthdract on May 7, 2013 17:36:35 GMT 8
okla Thanks for sharing, its stories like yours that kept me interested. First hand accounts are always special. I will never get tired of these stories like when my grandma and my aunt talks about the day Manila became an open city. reading it from history books is one thing but hearing it from some one who was there is priceless. Cheers.. -Jamie
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Post by darthdract on Apr 2, 2013 3:21:33 GMT 8
I enjoyed reading thru Arman's Blog - its how I would describe my day tour back in 2011. Experiencing Corregidor in anyway is priceless. I am not saying Suncruises did a bad job, however I feel they could improve it a bit - like longer stays per site. I remember I just started taking a few photos of Battery Hearn and we are already being called into the bus. And about the food, my Girlfriend is not so happy about it she was expecting something like from Shangrila Hotel. And she said 1 hour for lunch is not enough cause she its so slow.
I plan to bring my mother and Aunt to Corregidor but I dont think they can handle the day tour getting of and on the buss will be punishing for them they are already in their 60s I am just 30. But my leg did hurt from all that action since I have to run most of the time to maximize taking photos. I am actually interested to do something like what Fots and the other guys do. Explor Corregidor not thru the package tour.
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Post by darthdract on Mar 21, 2013 22:04:40 GMT 8
So is the USS Guardian considered a total Loss?
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Post by darthdract on Mar 17, 2013 1:57:32 GMT 8
This is really disturbing and Abe wants to re arm Japan. Its like some holocaust deniers. But this is worst. A lot of people to this day says that the Japanese have not paid enough like the Unit731 thing those people are not really prosecuted and now the PM is saying that the Trials are "Victors Justice".
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