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I'm currently watching The Pacific. Man, whoever said war is hell was right on the money.
 
ABM said:
Something about stones and glass houses? ;)
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Tell ya what, buddy boy, there is no way on earth I'd watch a girlie show just because my wife snapped her fingers. Maybe you need to grow a pair and be the man of the house.
 
BLAZER PROPHET said:
Tell ya what, buddy boy, there is no way on earth I'd watch a girlie show just because my wife snapped her fingers. Maybe you need to grow a pair and be the man of the house.
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I do what I want. You, OTOH...........................
 
ABM said:
I do what I want. You, OTOH...........................
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Uh-huh. Better get back to your wife's feet... ol' Buzz is about to shake his thang.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. I'll leave you with the parting shot- if your wife will let you.
 
ABM said:
I'm currently watching The Pacific. Man, whoever said war is hell was right on the money.
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I had both my grandfathers and five of my uncles serve in WWII. Five were sent to Europe and two to the Pacific. Every Sunday the entire family would get together for an afternoon barbecue to let the kids play together, the women chat and the men to drink. Invariably the war stories would start up. I had one uncle who lost a leg in France and he still would tremble at the stories my Uncle Johnny and my grandfather would tell about the Japanese. Everyone was terrified of the Japanese, because they didn't care about dying. They felt at least the Germans would at some point seek self-preservation.
 
maxiep said:
I had both my grandfathers and five of my uncles serve in WWII. Five were sent to Europe and two to the Pacific. Every Sunday the entire family would get together for an afternoon barbecue to let the kids play together, the women chat and the men to drink. Invariably the war stories would start up. I had one uncle who lost a leg in France and he still would tremble at the stories my Uncle Johnny and my grandfather would tell about the Japanese. Everyone was terrified of the Japanese, because they didn't care about dying. They felt at least the Germans would at some point seek self-preservation.
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Have you had the opportunity to watch the first two episodes of The Pacific? Man, Dreamworks is pulling no punches on this one.
 
ABM said:
Have you had the opportunity to watch the first two episodes of The Pacific? Man, Dreamworks is pulling no punches on this one.
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I don't have HBO. I'll check it out when it comes to DVD.
 
My grandfather was in one of those beach landings in the pacific. He was one of about 20 that survived from their group of 300.
 
Knew a pilot that flew during the WWII. Dropped paratroopers on D Day and throughout the war.
 
maxiep said:
I had both my grandfathers and five of my uncles serve in WWII. Five were sent to Europe and two to the Pacific. Every Sunday the entire family would get together for an afternoon barbecue to let the kids play together, the women chat and the men to drink. Invariably the war stories would start up. I had one uncle who lost a leg in France and he still would tremble at the stories my Uncle Johnny and my grandfather would tell about the Japanese. Everyone was terrified of the Japanese, because they didn't care about dying. They felt at least the Germans would at some point seek self-preservation.
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I think it's kind of interesting that Hollywood won't let the Germans forget about the Holocaust, but there has been very little made about the atrocities that were committed by the Japanese during WWII. I saw one movie recently, very low budget, about a covert mission during the end of the war to save American POWs held captive in Japan. They were soldiers taken during the Bataan campaign, something like 40,000 of them.

Japan had been starving these men. Letting them rot in POW camps. The American forces were nearing Japan and the Japanese knew they were done, so rather than allow us to find out what they had been doing, they started going around to all the camps and murder the POWs. They would herd them into bunkers and set them on fire, or mow them down with machine guns.

Somehow the American high command got wind and sent a small detachment of Rangers behind enemy lines to retake one of the POW camps. They were able to save quite a few of our guys before they were killed.

There's a reason why most of Asia still hates the Japanese. They committed thousands of atrocities over the course of the war. I can appreciate movies like "Letters From Iwo Jima" because obviously not every soldier in the Japanese military was a brainwashed kamakazi, but that doesn't excuse the acts that were committed. I think the only reason why the Germans get it harder than Japan is because of Sony and all the other corporations that own shares in Hollywood.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think it's kind of interesting that Hollywood won't let the Germans forget about the Holocaust, but there has been very little made about the atrocities that were committed by the Japanese during WWII. I saw one movie recently, very low budget, about a covert mission during the end of the war to save American POWs held captive in Japan. They were soldiers taken during the Bataan campaign, something like 40,000 of them.

Japan had been starving these men. Letting them rot in POW camps. The American forces were nearing Japan and the Japanese knew they were done, so rather than allow us to find out what they had been doing, they started going around to all the camps and murder the POWs. They would herd them into bunkers and set them on fire, or mow them down with machine guns.

Somehow the American high command got wind and sent a small detachment of Rangers behind enemy lines to retake one of the POW camps. They were able to save quite a few of our guys before they were killed.

There's a reason why most of Asia still hates the Japanese. They committed thousands of atrocities over the course of the war. I can appreciate movies like "Letters From Iwo Jima" because obviously not every soldier in the Japanese military was a brainwashed kamakazi, but that doesn't excuse the acts that were committed. I think the only reason why the Germans get it harder than Japan is because of Sony and all the other corporations that own shares in Hollywood.
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WOW. With a capitol "W".
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think it's kind of interesting that Hollywood won't let the Germans forget about the Holocaust, but there has been very little made about the atrocities that were committed by the Japanese during WWII. I saw one movie recently, very low budget, about a covert mission during the end of the war to save American POWs held captive in Japan. They were soldiers taken during the Bataan campaign, something like 40,000 of them.

Japan had been starving these men. Letting them rot in POW camps. The American forces were nearing Japan and the Japanese knew they were done, so rather than allow us to find out what they had been doing, they started going around to all the camps and murder the POWs. They would herd them into bunkers and set them on fire, or mow them down with machine guns.

Somehow the American high command got wind and sent a small detachment of Rangers behind enemy lines to retake one of the POW camps. They were able to save quite a few of our guys before they were killed.

There's a reason why most of Asia still hates the Japanese. They committed thousands of atrocities over the course of the war. I can appreciate movies like "Letters From Iwo Jima" because obviously not every soldier in the Japanese military was a brainwashed kamakazi, but that doesn't excuse the acts that were committed. I think the only reason why the Germans get it harder than Japan is because of Sony and all the other corporations that own shares in Hollywood.
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I think it might have something more to do with the fact that the Germans did it to their own citizens, whereas the Japanese were being cruel to enemy soldiers. Some people may consider that difference significant.

barfo
 
I've rented The Men Who Stare at Goats for tonight. Hope it's a good one.
 
Every single one of my Marine friends say they miss it and wish they were still in.

I wish I went.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think it's kind of interesting that Hollywood won't let the Germans forget about the Holocaust, but there has been very little made about the atrocities that were committed by the Japanese during WWII. I saw one movie recently, very low budget, about a covert mission during the end of the war to save American POWs held captive in Japan. They were soldiers taken during the Bataan campaign, something like 40,000 of them.

Japan had been starving these men. Letting them rot in POW camps. The American forces were nearing Japan and the Japanese knew they were done, so rather than allow us to find out what they had been doing, they started going around to all the camps and murder the POWs. They would herd them into bunkers and set them on fire, or mow them down with machine guns.

Somehow the American high command got wind and sent a small detachment of Rangers behind enemy lines to retake one of the POW camps. They were able to save quite a few of our guys before they were killed.

There's a reason why most of Asia still hates the Japanese. They committed thousands of atrocities over the course of the war. I can appreciate movies like "Letters From Iwo Jima" because obviously not every soldier in the Japanese military was a brainwashed kamakazi, but that doesn't excuse the acts that were committed. I think the only reason why the Germans get it harder than Japan is because of Sony and all the other corporations that own shares in Hollywood.
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One set of grandparents were Russians who emigrated to China after the Russian Revolution. My grandfather was a naval officer under Czar Nicholas who later served in the Pacific. They left Shanghai after the Japanese invaded. The stories they told about what the Japanese did to the "genetically inferior" Chinese were horrifying. If you can stomach it, read a book titled "The Rape of Nanking".
 
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