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11-23-2013, 09:16 AM
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 My Rank: SERGEANT MAJOR Poster Rank:304 Male Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 4,206 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Quoted: 419 Post(s)
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Re: "Trophy-Taking" During World War II
As someone who had served many years in the military, I can say this. You dont win wars by being humane.
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11-25-2013, 02:20 AM
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 My Rank: STAFF SERGEANT Poster Rank:732 Male Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,115 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Quoted: 108 Post(s)
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Re: "Trophy-Taking" During World War II
I would fill my canteen with whiskey, cut an enemies finger off, and smuggle it home in the canteen as a souvineer.
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11-26-2013, 10:57 PM
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Some of the soldiers definitely went off the deep end. Cannot say that they are totally to blame though  |
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11-27-2013, 03:34 PM
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Re: "Trophy-Taking" During World War II
In the early 1960's there were four families that I knew of within just blocks of where I lived that the husband/father "lost it" who had served in World War II. Two of them barricaded their family's in the house with them and were having a panic attack looking for Japanese. One of them committed suicide within earshot/eyesight of his eight kids. I went to high school with a couple of his daughters. The other one that barricaded himself in the house with his wife and kids eventually gave up. He lived about 1/2 mile from us. The third one just committed suicide in the basement. He lived about ten houses east of us. The fourth one lived five houses west from ours and he committed suicide by carbon monoxide in the garage. I don't know what branch of the military he was in or where but I was told he had been a soldier in World War II. About ten years later his youngest son committed suicide the same way in the same garage. Don't remember if it was the same car. The wife/mother of the above suicide got rid of their car/s and never drove again. She walked everywhere she needed to go from 1965 until she died in 1995. Not so easy to do when you live in the suburbs and are 80+ years old. My dad served in World War II in North Africa. He said they were in a transport truck when they passed a farmer plowing basically just dry dirt, minding his own business and one of the guys on the truck shot him dead as they passed by. The soldier never received any consequences from that. Sorry I rambled on. I'm quiet for a long time then I sort of explode with info that is pretty boring to pretty much everybody but me.  |
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11-28-2013, 11:32 PM
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 I POOP ON U Poster Rank:126 Female Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 12,645
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Re: "Trophy-Taking" During World War II
Most people I've met don't know why Japan was in WW2 or what they were doing. To them, WW2 = Nazis + Japan trying to take over 'Straya + MATESHIP. I'm from Warrnambool. |
