Subj : Re: WWII
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Tue Dec 22 2020 06:39:54

   Daryl wrote --

>   I shudder to think. That was the consensus, and the war would've
> likely dragged on for much longer. 

  I've read the war would been projected to last until about 1947.

> as they felt it was better than the disgrace of surrender. 

  The Japanese culture (military and civilian) at the time was never
surrender.  It was seen as a weakness and a great shame.  This is one reason
Allied POW's were so poorly treated.  (Japan also never signed the post WWI
agreement on treatment of POW's, as d
  The few Japanese POW's we had said they would tortured and all if they
surrendered, not treated with respect.

> I tell them that "I never would've passed the physical...due to poor eyesight, buck teeth, and severe trouble with my feet". 

  Obviously this was in peace time. :)
  Back in my day sonny, it was "Are you able to breathe on your own?"  If
yes, then you were in.

>   I don't remember how many ships my late father served on. Some names I do recall were the Nimitz, the Amberjack, and the Barracuda.

  The Nimitz is a carrier.  The other two sound like subs.

> ... Floggings will continue until morale improves.
 
   Old Navy saying, I use at work from time to time.

   Back to Pearl Harbour a minute.
   I recall a line in the old Barney Miller show where Yamoto (Jack Soo,
the Japanese cop) was being kidded about being a pilot there in the Japanese
Navy and asked what he thought about that.
   He replied, "It seemed like a good idea at the time".
   (These lines would never make it on tv today).
   Joe
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