World War 2 Talk - View Single Post - Should Old Veterans Forgive Their Former Enemies?

Dac · 28-07-2005, 06:31 AM

The young men that did most of the fighting in WW II were forced to develope the mental armor to allow them to survive on the battlefield. The more fanatical the enemy the stronger, and longer lasting that armor would be. The men I knew that faced the Japanese in WW II still held a deep resentment towards them decades later, some refused to buy anything made in Japan.

I think the veterans are the only ones who can decide to let go of a feeling that at the time it originated, might have saved their lives.

28-07-2005, 06:31 AM	#19 (permalink)
Dac Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 120	The young men that did most of the fighting in WW II were forced to develope the mental armor to allow them to survive on the battlefield. The more fanatical the enemy the stronger, and longer lasting that armor would be. The men I knew that faced the Japanese in WW II still held a deep resentment towards them decades later, some refused to buy anything made in Japan. I think the veterans are the only ones who can decide to let go of a feeling that at the time it originated, might have saved their lives. __________________ "Retreat Hell! We're just attacking in a different direction." (Major General Oliver P. Smith USMC responding to reporters when asked why the 1st Marines were withdrawing from the Chosin Reservoir, December 1950.)