"Hell Ship - From the Philippines to Japan " Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Feb 2019 8:45 p.m. PST |
"U.S. Marine Edmond Babler was forced to surrender to the Japanese Imperial Army in April 1942 with the fall of the Island fortress of Corregidor in the Philippines. Like many of his fellow POWs, after spending two years of hard labor under what can only be described as horrendous and savage slave labor conditions in the Philippine Islands of Luzon and Palawan, he was transported to the Japanese main islands in what would be known to the prisoners as a Hell Ship. What follows comprises Chapter 7 of 1220 Days: The story of U.S. Marine Edmond Babler and his experiences in Japanese Prisoner of War Camps during World War II, and is his personal account of that trip using his vernacular and colloquialisms whenever possible, including the phonetic form in which Ed originally wrote and remembered several Japanese phrases. It is his views and memories, with no apologies made nor intended to conform to the modern concept of political correctness. The author has sparingly inserted clarifications and corroborating information in encapsulated brackets where deemed necessary to give the reader a better understanding of the ‘overall picture' of the war in relation to what Ed was experiencing…."
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| Choctaw | 13 Feb 2019 9:37 a.m. PST |
It is still inconceivable to me how a refined, cultured people such as the Japanese could also be so barbaric during WWII. |
Marc33594  | 13 Feb 2019 11:45 a.m. PST |
Might want to look up the concept of "gaijin" especially as used back then. |
| Tango01 | 13 Feb 2019 12:03 p.m. PST |
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