Category: This great Nation & Its People
In my humble opinion Forrest was probably one of thee best Cavalry Commanders this nation ever produced. Yeah I know, he made his vast fortune off of slavery. But he was & still is the wizard of the saddle in my book. Grumpy
Eighty four years ago, The Japs defeated the US Filipino Army at the Bataan Peninsula & were shocked at the number of POW’s captured. They were not prepared for this and they also held that anyone who surrendered were lower than Whale shit.
So they marched these exhausted, starving, sick men 65 miles to some hell holes called “prison camps”. During this hike that the survivors called it. Anyone falling out was bayoneted by the Japs or if the guard just did not like you. Also any rings like West Point, College Rings & other jewelry were stolen by them.
The Japs also would shoot at Civilians who tried to give food or water to the marching prisoners. So it really was a time of Hell on Earth.
What really got me was the fact. That almost none of the surviving guards except for General Homa were punished for this. Thanks to General MacArthur basically giving amnesty to the Japs after we defeated them.