Posted on Nov 21, 2019
Japan To Get First Aircraft Carriers Since World War II
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Now this is a major change. Glad they will be sharing the responsibility with us.
Japan To Get First Aircraft Carriers Since World War II
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A cousin, a WWII Army Ranger who fought the Japanese in the Pacific and was wounded in the battle to capture Henderson Field, carried his hatred of them to his grave. I can well imagine his disagreement with rearming Japan. However, that was then and this is now. Japan has experienced an epic cultural shift inspired by the occupation following WWII by the Americans led by Gen MacArthur. Although their economy could support a significant military buildup, their declining population would never support the kinds of aggression that they visited upon their neighbors in the last century. Still, as an ally, they will add greatly to US capabilities serving as a base of operations in the region and supplementing the striking power against potential aggressors in the region.
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He wouldn't need to worry too much. The Japanese, even with a carrier, have a huge problem. Birth rates have plummeted in Japan. They aren't producing enough people to populate a proper military.
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Jennifer Lee (Doerflinger) Hill
My Dad (USMC) fought on Iwo Jima as demolitions & lost friends there. Yet, he remained friends w Japanese people he'd known before & after the War. One of his friends from before the War was interned on one of the Camps. (Idaho?) I always wanted to meet him & his family, but that trip never came to be.
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Very interesting, guess if you're an island nation you can make the case that they are a defensive force. I believe that's still the rules for Japanese military that were imposed after WWII.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SSG Donald H "Don" Bates I don't think there's any fear of Japan returning to its Imperial ways but it would be interesting to know how they got around that little detail. I've never seen a carrier as anything but an offensive weapon system.
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SSG Donald H "Don" Bates
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - I don't expect anything in way of attack, just surprised they got it.
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My father-in-law was part of the Navy Armada when the Japanese surrendered. He was so exhausted from all the fighting, he slept thru the entire ceremony. He and his fellow sailors were mostly focused on going home!
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Sgt Jim Belanus
my father in law was going around Okinawa when the bomb was dropped. He ended up as part of occupying force. said he was worried but the people had been told to stand down and they obeyed. he had m,ore trouble with the troops and some of there pleasure time activities
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SSgt Richard Kensinger
I thank your father for serving. Many during the post drop were exposed to lingering radiation. And witnessing the utter devastation was quite distressing for them. And very interesting, they began to see our enemies as human. This is detailed in "The Worlds Greatest Generation. If interested in my published article in this regard, contact me " [login to see] " for a copy.
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Patricia Overmeyer
SSgt Richard Kensinger: My dad was DCO of Sweet Pea during WWII. They were the only other ship who was officially accepting the surrender of the Japanese, besides the Mighty Mo. Everyone remembers the Mighty Mo surrender photos, but everyone onboard Sweet Pea was given the photos of the surrender on their ship. I still have Dad's copy of the photo and his blueprints of the ship.
The Navy brass was more closely watching the surrender onboard Sweet Pea than the Mighty Mo. Why? First, Sweet Pea had such an outstanding record during the war, she was selected to be the ship to accept the surrender of the Japanese headquarters of the Pacific. It was the mid-ocean air and naval base for the Imperial Army and Navy.
The Navy brass was more closely watching the surrender onboard Sweet Pea than the Mighty Mo. Why? First, Sweet Pea had such an outstanding record during the war, she was selected to be the ship to accept the surrender of the Japanese headquarters of the Pacific. It was the mid-ocean air and naval base for the Imperial Army and Navy.
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Sgt Jim Belanus
I have many times. He's is 95 or 94 now. A stubborn German, still living at home with his wife. They should be in an assisted living, just to help with meals, but won't hear of it. To proud to ask for help of any kind
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