The United States of America has always been sensitive of which way the wind would blow during the Greater East Asia War (often called either the Pacific War or the WWII in the West) and after the war. This US sensitivity has been observed in its apparent behavior of either having concealed its brutal acts by minimizing the occasions of recording their brutal acts or having classified documents and films depicting them.
In other words, USA well experienced in racial discriminations and crimes against humanity throughout its history has been shrewdly aware of what would probably happen if no measures were taken to prevent the international community from being exposed to truths, that is, its never-ceasing commitments to secure ways to defend its unlawful actions under any circumstances.
However, there are at least one or two good persons found regardless of nationalities, willing to reveal truths of what the rest of their people do or have done against their enemies. An American hero, Mr. Charles A. Lindbergh recalls US atrocities in his diary as follows;
Wednesday, June 21, 1944
General's account of killing a Japanese solider: A technical sergeant in an advanced area some weeks ago complained that he had been with combat forces in the Pacific for over two years and never had a chance to do any fighting himself-that he would like the chance to kill a least one Jap before he went home. He was invited to go out on a patrol into enemy territory.
The sergeant saw no Jap to shoot, but members of the patrol took a prisoner. The Jap prisoner was brought to the sergeant with the statement that here was his opportunity to kill a Jap.
"But I can't kill that man! He's a prisoner. He's defenseless."
"Hell, this is war. We'll show you how to kill the son of a bitch." One of the patrol members offered the Jap a cigarette and a light, and as he started to smoke, an arm was thrown around his head and his throat "slit from ear to ear."
The above atrocity is not one particular and irregular case at all. There are many more cases of brutalities against the Japanese soldiers during the war.
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