re: What family members of yours fought in WWII?

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My granddad fought in the Air Force and hates Japs to this day

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My grandfather fought in WWII as well. He was in a Japanese POW camp for several years. Died just a few days before my first birthday.

Disclaimer: Family Story that sounds sensational so not going to pass it off as 100 percent, although family swears by it.

Guess while he was at the POW camp and incredibly sick at one point they thought he was dead, (or just wanted to rob whatever belongings he had on him) so they tossed him out where they'd pile the dead bodies (apparently outside the camp). He then apparently crawled back to the gate.

They said when he finally got home he like many other i'd assume refused to buy anything that was made in Japan.

I'm stationed here at Pearl Harbor, and mom was visiting. They often let foreign nation ships dock here while training exercises are going out. Mom was visiting the other week and there were several Japanese ships here in port. An Aircraft carrier an a few destroyers. My mom was appalled. Imagine that'd be a weird feeling as a survivor of WWII seeing Japanese ships docked in pearl harbor now days.