interesting, I watched it with my dad and brother and none of us thought enough

Nov 11, 2019
10:04:12am

Mayor of Cougartown All-American

of it to even mention it to each other. The common japanese soldier was just following their orders just like the american's were.

I liked the movie personally.

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"Midway" ends with a tribute dedicating it to the American AND Japanese soldiers. Discussing it on KSL now, and lots of

BlueBlood94 All-American

11/11/19 10:01am

interesting, I watched it with my dad and brother and none of us thought enough

Mayor of Cougartown

11/11/19 10:04am

Haven't seen it yet, but if I hadn't heard about this before I probably wouldn't have thought much of it either.

BlueBlood94

11/11/19 10:10am

I get that, but the same could be said for terrorists who believe they are

Thrill

11/11/19 10:44am

One example someone used was would it be okay in 80 years for a movie about 9/11 to be dedicated to the Americans and

BlueBlood94

11/11/19 10:57am

I don’t have a problem at all with that.

TriggerWarning

11/11/19 10:05am

Man people are the worst sometimes.

pink22

11/11/19 10:07am

It’s just the politically correct world we live in now.

idacoug

11/11/19 10:07am

WW1 has pretty much always been viewed in a similar respect that is, it is a

coug almighty

11/11/19 10:41am

WWI was far different from WWII...

CoachSpeak

11/11/19 10:46am

100% agree. In WW1, to my understanding, everyone was bloodthirsty to an extent.

coug almighty

11/11/19 10:50am

No, individual situations are of course different from collective situations...

CoachSpeak

11/11/19 11:25am

Japan also paid dearly for that with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Troy McClure

11/11/19 10:54am

I used to live in Hawaii

precipitous1

11/11/19 10:14am

I had quote the opposite experience there

mudpupper

11/11/19 10:15am

That's too bad. This was in the late 80s. I probably went there 10+ times and

precipitous1

11/11/19 10:22am

Was there 3 years ago and the Japanese tourist there were very reverent,

Oompabluepaw

11/11/19 10:32am

I was there last summer, everyone was respectful and somber. I really think that

kolob32

11/11/19 10:34am

My grandfather was on the USS Enterprise in the pacific during WWII. Like many

kolob32

11/11/19 10:32am

I'm not bothered by it although it is kind of stupid...

CoachSpeak

11/11/19 10:32am

The Reckoning by John Grisham, has a very detailed account of the atrocities

kolob32

11/11/19 10:40am

Rape of Nanking. WWII began for China well before Pearl Harbor.

Troy McClure

11/11/19 10:55am

This is one of THE greatest atrocities in history. As a historian of 30 years, I've studied a LOT of tragic things, but

BlueBlood94

11/11/19 11:00am

Actually John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin and others.

Troy McClure

11/11/19 11:18am

Fly Boys is also a really good read, really paints a good picture of

coug almighty

11/11/19 10:56am

Fantastic book. I was hoping a film would be made or better yet a series

kotacoug

11/11/19 10:56am

A movie couldn't do it justice. A series would be great, maybe Ken Burns can

coug almighty

11/11/19 11:00am

Saw it. Thought it was a little odd & said so to my wife and son. Then moved on.

Cosmo4Pres

11/11/19 11:22am

It really bothered me for many reasons. Paramount was the execution of the boy

Bullrider

11/11/19 12:48pm

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