[dogsbody70]

ah thankyou Yuriyuri excellent suggestions.

I know that many Other POW'S from other countries suffered terribly. So many people think oh it was all so long ago, it is of no concern to us, but I believe we must never forget the awful consequences of war, and how humans can turn into monsters so easily.


I have a friend who is involved in a SOCIETY to improve relations between the japanese and those who survived the Burma Railway Incident-- the fact that so many survivors lives were ruined by their awful experiences, there have been cases where one or two of the worst japanese abusers have apologised and befriended some of the POW's whose lives were so badly affected. That is a move in the right direction.

I do not know how many Americans were also treated so badly and it seems very late in the day that some kind of acknowledgement to some surviving American POW's.


The whole war was shocking but too many were treated appallingly by the Japanese in the camps and mines etc. THE hellships where so many of them were transported to places where the japanese wished to have their slave labour-- !!! words cannot express how so many suffered. ALl the allies from other countries as well.


japan had not signed the geneva convention about the treatment of captured prisoners. (Maybe someone can correct me on this)


THis man is 90 years old. It has taken so long.

The book I have which comprises of letters to the ASAHI SHIMBUN written in 1986 by many japanese survivors is also enlightening-- You have soldiers, housewives and etc,and it is well worth reading. it is called: SENSO: THE JAPANESE REMEMBER THE PACIFIC WAR.


I grew up in much ignorance about what had happened in JAPAN during the war. When each year it was VJ day I did not understand because it seemed not to be mentioned here/ UK. I grew up all during the ww2 here in UK and hated the GERMANS.


later when I had friends who hated the JAPANESE and would never buy anything from JAPAN because of the japanese cruelty to POW's I learned much more.

what I have learned so far has horrified me-- It proves how easily man can swiftly become a monster.

If forgiveness and acknowledgement of what happened to all those who were incarcerated in JAPANESE camps then hopefully lessons will be learned.

thanks again Yuri yuri.