The Japanese Soldier WOULD DIE Before SURRENDER

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[@user-xs6hv6qr9w]

@@americanveteranscenter Yes I'm a History Lover and I respect 🙏 the Navajo Indians who became code talkers.

[@user-jz3uv1li4b]

We were very blessed to have had

[@user-jz3uv1li4b]

We were very blessed to have had

[@Wittwerror]

I love how he says "he died UNFORTUNATELY" and "luckily, FOR US", proves his humanity, and understanding that the enemy is going trough the same hell as you

[@doctorjekyll6125]

Whatever dude

[@Wittwerror]

@@doctorjekyll6125 hm?

[@AMoistEggroll]

​@@doctorjekyll6125 Problem?

[@samuellancaster1305]

​@@doctorjekyll6125 oh you will cry and understand someday

[@olditalic]

@@samuellancaster1305 this individual does not ponder things

[@gene7887]

Kuribayashi's story was somewhat tragic. He had spent time in the US and had visited places like Detroit, knowing how hopelessly outgunned and outproduced Japan would be against the US in a prolonged war. He was committed to his family and his country and followed his orders, having the good sense to preserve his soldiers' fighting capacity rather than waste it in fruitless banzai charges. A shame that he was wasted on a hopeless defense of Iwo Jima. Some sources suggest he was chosen specifically because he openly spoke about how Japan was doomed to defeat against the US, and was sent to Iwo as a means of silencing his defeatist (albeit correct) views of the war.

[@georgewilkie3580]

My Thanks to You, Gene. Your information was correct, and enlightening. Interestingly, Imperial Navy Admiral, Isarroku Yamamoto also spent quite some time in the USA. Adm. Yamamoto liked America and had several American good friends. He also stated that America was a great giant of a Nation, and Japan could not win a major war against America. He mentioned America's great capacity to out produce Any other Country on planet Earth. One of Adm. Yamamoto's assistants broughtup Japan's Samurai based Fighting Spirit, (Yamato Demashi). Yamamoto quickly countered say that, "America has their own "Samurai", he then mentioned American Generals, MaCarthur, Patton, and even former Heavyweight Champion, Jack Dempsy. He went on to say that America has it's own Fighting Spirit (America Demashi). Adm. Yamamoto is considered a Military Genius and was the only Japanese high ranking Officer with enough "Guts" to personally tell Emperor Hirohito that Japan would lose any major war with America.

[@donlarocque5157]

He told them you have maybe,at best, two years before the American industrial war machine was in full production. They scoffed at him and said the playboys are no match for a Japanese child.​@@georgewilkie3580

[@a_better_play-er6941]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@georgewilkie3580 I appreciate the knowledge (probably obvious I’m American) we all had our fighting spirit of all nations. I’m aware of the influence of the requirements and drafts, but from the survivors (again probably ignorance) from what I’ve seen wouldn’t trade it. (All I can do ya know?) I thank you from both sides

[@YuriVelcroripper]

Looking back in history, it's highly likely that they did assign him to Iwo Jima for that reason. Humans are ruthless over the littlest things.

[@lemonator8813]

​@YuriVelcroripper especially the Japanese High Command in WW2. What a terribly pointless war.

[@patrick4662]

Is anyone else here not involved in the military but just appreciates soldiers stories?

[@yazeeit6183]

I admire and appreciate the people who fought in both world War 1 and 2, they gave the ultimate sacrifice and I highly doubt i would be here today if it wasn't for them

[@borntoclimb7116]

​@@yazeeit6183 true

[@doogleticker5183]

I don't understand how civilians can genuinely relate to veterans, but I sure do appreciate the effort. As I get older, I need to tell my stories, both the fun ones and some of the horrific ones. Fortunately, the fun ones vastly outnumber the others. In any case, curious citizens sure beat the common phenomenon of being spat upon by my fellow countrymen and accused of killing babies. That just made coming home harder.

[@patrick4662]

@@doogleticker5183 sorry to hear that. I’m sure there are a lot of civilians like me - who have family members that served in the military.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@doogleticker5183you were in Nam?

[@TalberNalliso]

The WW2 Vets I've listened to NEVER BRAG, GLOAT, or INSULTED their enemies when speaking of them, as if showing a respect.

[@user-ye2nd4hi5v]

Those are still real warriors seeing death that up close you Respect just the overall gritness, loyalty, an living overall!.🎖

[@mattroom4264]

Some ppl have ego others are humble.My grandfather was a paratrooper in New Guinea and would tell me as a young child what the japs did to the fuzzy wuzzy babies,you would never tell a 6 yo that these days but I loved his stories.Men were real men back then..AIF 1st para batt Z troop double diamonds

[@FantasyZoneGaming]

They are just pawns.

[@SLOWBOAT2CHINA]

@@FantasyZoneGamingwe are all just pawns of the corporate elite. Always have been, always will be.

[@Don_3k]

That’s because back then everyone had respect and respected each other views unlike today

[@tristandaries1129]

He had enough respect for his enemy to remember his name after almost a century, that’s how you know a soldier is honourable

[@edwardgilson9891]

Nice to see a 4th Marine Division member. My dad was also a member. Thank you for your service

[@floydbacher339]

Thank You Sir for Your Service And Sacrifices. And RIP For Those That Gave It All

[@rtqii]

The last Japanese soldier to surrender was in the Philippines in the 1970s.

[@Certified_gainster]

Now that guys story is one that needs to be made into a movie by a Clint’s Eastwood or Tom hanks

[@TheGamingMotionTGM]

@@Certified_gainster Another director beat him to it, see Onoda: 10.000 Nights in the Jungle (2022). I don't know if anyone can make a better movie than that.

[@stephenkennedy8305]

Actually he didn't surrender. They brought an officer in his chain of command who discharged him from service. There is a LT who in the 80s his hut was found, but he was believed to have died from natural causes.

[@jaredelizardo201]

​@stephenkennedy8305 ok hate too burst your bubble but he did surrender but his commanding officer had too be found he was came from Japan too the Philippines too make him surrender by order of the Emperor who was hirohito tho he was only Emperor as a figure head but still Emperor so yeah the last imperil Japanese soldier did surrender Historical fact Bruh!#the officer of that soldier was then a old man & liveing out his Retirement in Japan his soldier was Named Hiroo Onoda he surrender in 1974!

[@SlickArmor]

​@@jaredelizardo201pretty sure he's speaking about someone else.

[@user-cp2el5hl7k]

It’s no accident that y’all are called the greatest generation sir. God bless you.❤

[@_YohAsakura_]

You wanna know what they call the generations now? Lol. XD

[@jigglie8077]

To be fair the current youngest​ Is it X? Well they never saw a war but saw 3 generations of people that glt fycked over by wars. Most of them get that peace is good@@_YohAsakura_

[@HomeboyUnholy]

And still underdogs to the Germans so what does that MEAN?

[@Tega_Mroll]

​@@HomeboyUnholyyap

[@jonschlottig9584]

​@@jigglie8077Z. We need more gratitude or we are about to have another one 😢

[@user-wd7og9sm7r]

He said a lot without getting into the gritty details. God bless the greatest generation.

[@Billswiftgti]

He comes from a time where respect was still a thing

[@SLOWBOAT2CHINA]

@@BillswiftgtiI find it tragically fascinating that as the greatest generation, who fought fascism and totalitarianism, pass away, the western world is again troubled by fascism and totalitarianism. History repeats. However, I never expected it would happen in the U.S.

[@jonschlottig9584]

​@@SLOWBOAT2CHINAit is interesting. Unfortunately it's coming from the left and many don't see it. Trump 2024

[@user-qb3wj8vz6t]

Thank you for your service.

[@terencejay8845]

It was a dilemma for the Japanese troops. On one hand they were fighting for their God of an Emperor, and had centuries of Japanese warrior code behind them; you do not surrender. (It's one reason POWs were treated so badly by them. In surrendering they had dishonour and were not worthy of respect). On the other hand, many had been told that the US troops were animals, savage butchers and being taken alive was a fate worse than death. So, they fought to the last man.

[@Pacific_Norfweest]

Centuries of warrior code... Then the US smacks em so hard they start making anime and Hello Kitty.

[@thoorwulfn9z383]

True although America got so un slapped America is becoming Mexico 2.0 while Japan is still Japanese

[@terencejay8845]

@@Pacific_Norfweest Hirohito was still revered as a God-Emperor even in defeat, so it was decided not to prosecute him in the War Crimes Tribunal, to help keep the citizens from rioting. He stayed the Emperor until he died in 1989. (Hello Kitty, is, oddly, a British cat living in London)

[@Pacific_Norfweest]

@Peppabot TL;DR: Pikachu I choose you!

[@julienvalley28]

@Peppabot tysm! where did you learn this? I'd like to know more!

[@fookmiass3130]

I hate what we do to old ppl. They have so much wisdom and guidance.

[@tannerlane9669]

What do we do to old ppl ? Or are you just doing your woke talking point practice for the day ?

[@SpinoRexy733]

He was a young man during the war you have to remember ww2 happened in the 1940's this is the 2020's

[@gregoryv.zimansr4031]

Thank you Sir for answering your call for service Sir. You were part of the Greatest Generation.

[@OBTX91]

Why are they the greatest? Nothing against this guy, my grandfather fought in that war too and I'm very proud of it. I'm just curious why there is such a strong ancestor worship vibe coming from some people on this topic? All generations have an important task at hand, they just manifest differently and we are always at a fork in the road on a knife edge. What was so inherently different about them? Also, Hippies and the Liberals are part of the greatest generation, so whats your take on that?

[@sandyk378]

Hippies and liberals are not great!😂​@@OBTX91

[@chasbee]

@@OBTX91 Hippies are Baby boomers, not the greatest generation. The pride you have in your grandfather is part of why they earned that title. It is well deserved. I could elaborate further as to why, but I doubt it would serve any point.

[@SM-si5]

@@OBTX91They call them the greatest generation but people like the man in the video were the minority and most didn’t give them the respect he deserved when he came home. What’s so great about that?

[@MyHandleIs]

​@@chasbeeI'd appreciate if it you elaborated more, I don't mean to be rude but in my opinion they & the other person brought up some good points while your reply was very vague & didn't offer much explanation to a question I'm curious about as well.

[@sherryblack6114]

Thank you for your courageous service. Love and honor from MN. ❤

[@RobertPierce-ix5mn]

God bless you sir for your service. You're the greatest generation I miss my grandfathers on both sides. They were with you fighting

[@burneswhitehead3020]

My grandfather was their. He turned 100 yrs old last April. Love you Grandpa Red

[@talister106]

Bless your grandfather with eternal gratitude for his service to his country.

[@stephenbrooks733]

Respect and love from Glasgow Scotland

[@natalievonrautenfeld3018]

Thank you for your service sir.

[@johngrissom9147]

I want to Thank you so very much for your Courageous Service Sir !!!!!

[@jeffreyhansen2702]

The last of the Greatest Generation America has seen in a long time. Thank you sir for your service and sacrifices.

[@brianholcomb6499]

Thank you for your service! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@charlesjenkins615]

I salute you sir you and others like you are what makes me proud to be a American and a fellow Marine Semper Fi

[@DianaRamirez-bp5fl]

Thank you for your service and God bless you

[@jedicobb1753]

Savage fighting...brave American boys...my american great grandfather was a POW in manila..survived ..they all were the greatest generation

[@Radbot776]

It’s crazy the japs where fighting to the death for the emperor but the emperor later surrendered What a shame 😂

[@dougtribble2589]

Thank You for your service, courage and bravery!!! AMEN!!!

[@BeAHappyCamper2Day]

Thank you sir for your service and sacrifices. Thank you for telling your story. I would love to hear the whole interview

[@reypolice5231]

If you click on the video text, it will bring you to a 39 minute video, this is a short of a long video,

[@Ryan-li8qc]

Its always a trip to hear firsthand stories from living history.

[@jebbroham1776]

The Marines faced an enemy more fanatical than even the most hardened SS troops, and there’s no question that the war in the Pacific lasted as long as it did because of this fact. An enemy that is dug in like a tick and fully prepared to fight to the last breath is a worst case scenario, especially when you consider the terrain they were fighting in which favors the defender.

[@rvt2239]

There were about 21,000 Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima. 200 surrendered and survived. The rest fought to the death. Terribly brutal battle on an island that looked like the surface of another planet.

[@GetRightIntoIt]

Understand in the honor culture you were expected to fight to the death or take your own life. It’s the only way to preserve your families honor. To surrender and return home, is to bring terrible shame upon your family and basically anyone that associates with you. You are shunned because of your dishonor. This is why they fought to the death. Not because they were brave or strong or super soldiers. Because they didn’t want to shame their family name for generations. That’s punishment far worse than death in their eyes. One can never recover from.

[@stephenbrooks733]

The pacific the second series in band of brothers Showed that really well Such a fantastic peice of television

[@Slonge92]

The draft ended in January 1973. The Vietnam conflict ended in April 1975, and the Cold War ended in 1991. It was the heroes who fought in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam that inspired me to do my duty and volunteer in 1974. As a USAF veteran who spent my entire time in close proximity to nuclear weapons, we had an attitude based on how quickly it could end while never getting a glimpse of our enemy. Live life to the fullest. Duty is duty, no one was looking for thanks especially in the mid 1970s. But to the old timer who grunted it out in WW2, my respect and gratitude.

[@tomcat7843]

The cold War never ended

[@Slonge92]

@@tomcat7843 Good point. I guess it just warmed up a bit for a while. We certainly don’t have the numbers of alert bombers that we had when I was in the Air Force. I’m not a fan of the “Joint Command” structure that Rumsfeld shoved down our throat. I think it weakens our strategic nuclear posture in favor of strengthening our regional non-nuclear conflict capability. China has a much greater strategic capability than it did in the early 2,000s and Russia desires, or has begun, a resurgence in nuclear bomber capability. SAC had the right formula for over 30 years and I think it needs to be an independent Command once again. But, I also thought it was a mistake to dissolve ADC. I’m just flying an armchair now. At least I had the opportunity to work on the B-1B and the B-2 programs before switching to Atlas-Centaur and Titan-Centaur. I always liked the aircraft over rockets because you got to see them come back home.

[@tomcat7843]

@@Slonge92 impressive career. I was a grunt in the USMC. I was sent to Afghanistan in 1981 to train indigenous personnel in the use of 20th century weapons and tactics to oppose the Soviet invasion. During my time there I studied Russian history. Catherine the Great said the only way to protect Russia's borders was to expand them. The Russians have been attacking their neighbors for 500 years. Who would think that a former KGB agent as president would not carry on with that. The Soviet union collapsed because they spentv25% of GDP on the Afghan war while their economy collapsed from rot with in. It just took Russia 30 years to rebuild their frozen oil fields to afford to rear to just repeat their history.

[@shanebogenreif2789]

Thank you for your service sir 🙏 ❤

[@oscardominguez6491]

Thank you for your service to the entire world!!

[@jangardner9542]

Thank you for your service sir. My late father carried a flamethrower during Iwo Jima and was the only member of his platoon to survive.

[@rpm12091]

My father was a BAR operator and was in the invasion of Saipan, he was going to be in the invasion of the Japanese home islands when the nuclear bombings took place. The casualties would have been horrendous. What the men in the Pacific Theatre went through is something that people today cannot comprehend.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@rpm12091was that his only battle?

[@rpm12091]

@@roderickstockdale1678 Saipan was the only one.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@rpm12091 who was he with?

[@rpm12091]

@@roderickstockdale1678 27th ID

[@kimkretzsinger5670]

God bless you sir 🙏🙏 and thank you for your service 🙏🙏🙏

[@user-pr8ot6us5h]

BLESSINGS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👑✨

[@brianmiko3251]

It just dawned on me how odd I find it that as big as WWll was I know nothing about the emperor of Japan spanning the history of that entire war. I know more about the soldiers and generals but not the emperor

[@MrSJPowell]

Because the Emperor was a bit more of a figurehead. By all accounts he would have been far happier studying his koi fish than having to run the country. From what I understand, the military controlled what he knew, so he made the decisions they wanted him to make.

[@ScottyShaw]

@@MrSJPowell Wrong, this is propaganda. Hirohito was directly responsible for the East Asian wars and often sent his uncles and cousins to oversee atrocities, such as the Rape of Nanking. This allowed him to maintain plausible deniability if anything went wrong, whereas all successes would be credited to him for delegating wisely. This is a common policy in East Asian monarchies, so I'm not surprised you don't understand this nuance. At the end of the war, Hirohito's ministers took the blame for him and committed suicide, then MacArthur needed to keep Hirohito as a puppet figurehead to make sure the surviving Japanese would remain peaceful, so Hirohito got off lucky.

[@jmartin9785]

​@@ScottyShawYes! You are 100% correct. Thank you ! ! Kudos !

[@libbylandscape3560]

You are a brave man and I thank you for your service sir. ❤

[@Beckybees1025]

Thank you sir for your service ❤❤❤❤

[@d.l.l.6578]

Thank you Marines! God bless you.

[@kenhalperin3195]

This is sooo heartbreaking in so many ways 💔💔💔

[@KeithCindyPanama]

****** History needs to be preserved for future generations ****

[@icrrmr]

Thank you for your service!!

[@hanibalking7841]

Sir I thank you for serving our country in the way you men did. You folks are the reason this country is the best . God bless you and your fellow soldiers

[@_YohAsakura_]

Yessir

[@KillieGuy1]

The West has fallen.

[@Wulf82]

​@@KillieGuy1Don't tell them that the West currently falling off is really simply the West already being under the judgment of God

[@carnage0685]

was*

[@eric_martindale1711]

What a treasure this man is. the clarity he speaks with about some thing that happens 80 years ago. Just incredible.

[@ieatoutoften872]

In addition to this U.S. Marine in this short video, the story from General Kurybashi's (spelling,) point of view is told in the movie "Flags of Our Fathers" released in 2006; it was directed by Clint Eastwood.

[@haroldnunez5973]

You are a brave marine ...thank you

[@computron808]

The fact that this guy survived Iwo Jima. Arguably one of the toughest battles of WW2. is crazy. He may not look like it now. But this guy is hardcore warrior !!!

[@Madcatz9000]

Thank you for your service. The greatest generation no doubt.😊

[@jesseweaver5600]

God bless all the actions of our vets that made the US a strategic superpower based on their sacrifices

[@user-ml9py4sx9m]

My mother's family Brothers uncles my uncles 1 Uncle landed on Iwo Jima and got shot but he survived my father and brother uncle we're also in the Pacific everyone came home it is definitely the greatest generation they were some men

[@user-xv3vd4zw7h]

Thank you for your service, sacrifice and bravery 🇺🇸 ❤ God bless you and your family 🙌 ❤

[@BigErnMcCracken777]

Those poor young men that lost their lives for our freedom on that horrible island. Must have seemed like hell On earth

[@njjeff201]

Bless our Vets 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@glandau8059]

The "Greatest Generation on the Entire planet"❤

[@dorothyfenton6496]

THANK YOU FOR OUR FREEDOM

[@raulbunch2882]

Thank you for your courage and the continued legacy for us future Marines Semper Fi

[@MT-tn4ei]

Thank you for your service, sir, God bless

[@richardwarfordjr.5622]

Thanks for your service and story!

[@phillyry]

Your awesome sir! I genuinely thank you for your service and testimony

[@kevinknestrick3797]

I have so much respect for this generation

[@saturnineace2324]

Thank you for your service.😢

[@scottflick5758]

Thank you for your service and sacrifice Sir. True Courage, I believe, was what it took to step onto that Island, to take it back from the Axis, back then. Thank you for sharing Joe! Thank

[@suek7086]

Thank you for your service, sir.

[@harryshriver6223]

Thank you for your service, Marine, Semper Fi.

[@willwoodington7868]

Thank you 🇺🇸

[@user-nw8by2te4m]

Thanks brother with love

[@angeloiodice9304]

My dad was a brave Marine in that war. As a child, looking at his body when we went swimming was horrifying. It looked like a battlefield. Bullet wounds, shrapnel wounds, scars and makeshift broken field stitches all over his body. The field medics stitched him up and sent him out fighting again. He was an excellent middleweight boxer before the war. The Marine Corps wanted him as a physical trainer, a safe job in a training camp ensuring his survival. He refused because he wanted to fight and die helping his brothers in the battlefield. When I was a kid, on the 4th of July when firecrackers went off, he had flashbacks, pulled me by the neck collar and screamed “hit the deck, as he crawled.” He only slept for short naps, and jumped up looking for his rifle. In his seventies, a couple of hoodlums in their 20’s attacked him. He knocked the first one out cold with a left hook, and the other fled. Yet he was extremely loving and kind and generous to his family and friends. But, if provoked, and he sensed danger, the “sempre fi” emerged instantly. He lived a full life but with many demons. Constantly visited the VA hospital for physical, mental and emotional sicknesses contracted as a teenager fighting the Japanese in the jungles. They treated him well in the VA hospital. He loved going there being with old soldiers. He trusted them. At home, he lived as though the house was a barracks. Never could forget jungle life. Hand washed what few articles of clothing he had every night, shaved with a Schick blade in his field kit, drank his coffee out of a tin cup, worked hard rebuilding machinery in a shop. He died in the VA hospital. 24 hours before his death, he turned solemn and steel cold. He was paralyzed from the waist down. He told me that the grim reaper is hiding in the room wanting to do battle with him. He told me he’ll have a fight on his hands. At the moment of his death, the hospital staff had to hold him down. His paralyzed body levitated as he met the grim reaper for his last battle. My dad lost, but went down fighting like a brave Marine. He was given a 21 gun salute and laid to rest in a military cemetery. The finest man I have ever met. As a teenager I was being recruited into the Marine Corps. My father found out and marched into the office and told them to back off. They respected him and his demeanor and told me to go home. They just don’t make em like that anymore. I always wonder where he is. At night when I dream, at 65 years old, although he died 30 years ago, I am dialing his phone number on my phone.

[@nilo70]

Thank you, sir, for your service to your country

[@prestonhanson501]

I'm a vet but im nothing compared to these men. I have the highest of respect for ww2 soldiers. They really are the greatest generation. And our kids today need educated on the sacrifices great people made so they didn't have to. Way to much complacentcy amongst our young people and it's disrespectful to those who gave everything to get very little in return

[@michealdavis9884]

Thank you for your service. God bless you Sir.

[@cjsiatkowski5144]

Thank you, sir, for your service and bravery

[@beatricemarquez5861]

Sir, thank you for your service and God bless you.

[@ronjenkins795]

God bless you sir 🙏

[@larrytoole1476]

My dad hit the beaches on Iwo Jima during WWII and he was the best man I have ever met

[@user-je2zl2zc3z]

Thank you for your Service! 🫡🌹

[@cheeseburger7290]

I fall asleep to these because there a nice thing to listen to

[@PJB-To-be]

My dad was there. Got a purple heart. Broke his heart. What good is a hero when everyone you love dies?😢

[@Jarhead4th]

I’m 73 years old, and a life Member of The Marine Corps League .At one point we had 2 Iwo Jima survivors,another that was on Saipan, and one that fought on Okinawa. Unfortunately they are all gone now. These were men I truly admired. Just a few years ago we lost the last one. He was on Iwo. Thank you Marines RIP. You will never be forgotten. 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Semper Fi

[@geridannels1701]

Thank you for your service sir

[@williambeiser5595]

Ty for your service sir. Due to ur bravery and sacrifice and men of the same sort I am able to do things Iike spend time in my garage with my father and brother and every time I see a video such as this I become grateful beyond reproach

[@br529]

The emperor, tojo, the rest of those in command in Tokyo. Not one took their life at the end of the war. Yet they wanted the one in combat to never surrender

[@aineiasofstymphalos4074]

Tojo shot himself before his arrest (he survived). A whole cadre of the high command seppuku'd too, like Anan, the minister of the army

[@br529]

@@aineiasofstymphalos4074 you are very mistaken. He was hanged after the tribunal war trails

[@aineiasofstymphalos4074]

​@@br529 I'm talking about his *attempted* suicide before the trials

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@br529That doesn’t contradict what he said, are you daft

[@br529]

@@comrade_commissar3794 none of the field commanders failed at their attempt. Only him miserable excuse. He failed as a leader and at killing himself

[@brianwells4507]

First off thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service to America and the freedom we as citizens take for granted ❤ My Dad flew B24's in the Pacific during WWII, and was a lifelong Clint Eastwood fan. When Eastwood's movie "Letters from Iwojima"(forgive me if I misspelled it) my father refused to watch it. My Dad was repulsed by anything positive to do with the Japanese Army during that awful war! Even though the film itself called out the atrocities the Japanese high command ordered their troops to do?

[@isthattrue1083]

They thought the emperor was God. That's why they were willing to die

[@loglaugh]

people are willing to die for their country in America. if they actually believed that then why wouldn’t they be willing to? If you think about it, it’s similar to the “patriotic” saying that one would die for country. Just the leader of said country.

[@FortniteBlaster2]

No they don’t. Christians fought for emperors and kings all the time. Even in Christianity it’s honourable to die for the emperor or king

[@AR15andGOD]

They had a pagan conception of god, certainly not the Christian true sense

[@Fitingbros101]

@@AR15andGOD Religion in general was created to get people to die for something other than their own children. It was too difficult to organize armies without religion. It's a military tool

[@robertvose7310]

Thank you for your service sir! God bless!

[@bencooley9655]

Thank You For Your Service Sir And God Bless You ❤️🇺🇸🙏

[@Jon-fx9vr]

Welcome home soldier and thank you for your service Sir.

[@phyllishannah7203]

Thank you 🙏 for your service ❤

[@IDEASUNLIMITEDNYC]

Thank You Thank You Thank You very much for your service sir!

[@user-yq4xm2cd7b]

GOD BLESS ALL OF OUR VETERAN'S !!

[@richinlukang7042]

Thanks, brother. Semper Fi!

[@raulbunch2882]

Thank you for your courage and the legacy that you continued for the rest of us

[@darlatidwell6255]

His recall and clarity is a testimony to the mettle and bravery from these men was pure backbone and integrity. We are ever indebted to all of you for your service to your country and for our freedoms. Thank you brave soldiers. 🇺🇲 🙏🕊

[@kellyd4221]

❤ thanks for sharing your experience with all of us ❤

[@JohnSmith-in1tt]

Those brave WW2 vets fought so hard for us to preserve the American way. We’ve let them down greatly

[@Jackkhoo01]

I’m a singaporean 🇸🇬 Thank you sir🇺🇸

[@joshzoccoli3512]

Hard to hit like on this kind of stuff but thank you for your service, your courage, and the honest sharing of your experience. May it not be forgotten.

[@johnhenderson131]

We owe this generation our very freedom, sadly there are very few still alive but it was a privilege to grow up and hear my parents, aunts and uncles talk about the Second World War. Bless them all.

[@rembassmaster]

Thank you for your Service. What you did. Allowed my dad to serve. It Allowed my brother to serve And it Allowed me to serve. ALWAYS OUT FRONT...

[@bruceconan8373]

fearless men on both sides respect to those who fought lived and died for their countries respect 🙏 ♥