Flyboys

FLYBOYJ · 03-10-2006, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Vassili Zaitzev

My brother is reading that book. He says its a good read. he did find some parts disturbing, but he has read other books on Japanese treatment of POWs and watched documentaries on it so he is not affected too badly.

I'll do my periodic plug...

Read "Surviving the Day." It was written by my wife's grandfather Lt. Col Frank Grady. He was on Mac Arthur's staff and was captured on Bataan.

evangilder · 03-10-2006, 11:41 AM

I'll take a look for that next time I'm in the bookstore, Joe.

Vassili Zaitzev · 03-10-2006, 12:16 PM

there is one photo that disturbed me. It was taken in a concentration camp in Europe at the end of the war. It showed a holocaust survivor who was thin and bones showing with a plate of food in his lap, he was staring at the camera with sad eyes. When I saw the photo, I wanted to cry.

lesofprimus · 03-10-2006, 08:15 PM

Heres a photo that should make u feel something.... Think of the thousands and thousands of innocents that suffered the same fate...

I personally feel that too many Japanese War Criminals escaped punishment...

evangilder · 03-13-2006, 08:50 AM

Amen brother.

jhor9 · 04-11-2006, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by book1182

I am reading this book right now. I never knew some of the facts behind what brought Japan into war with China. Also, I knew Japan wasn't big on surrendering but I had no idea on what they did to our and how they looked down on it. I have a lot of books on World War 2 Aviation but this one gives the best acount for what happened after you were shot down. I used to look at it like you were shot down and that was the end of the story. That's really not the case. It's just the start.

Thats a great picture of B17 C or D I flew in them while I was in B17 transiion school. It was about 20 miles per hour faster then the E,F and G