Carne Seca
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Anyone feeling guilty about bombing Japan with the a-bombs needs to read "The Rape of Nanking". Or read about my great-uncle and the rest of the New Mexico National Guard taken prisoners on the Bataan Peninsula near Manila and the Bataan Death March. My great-uncle died the first day at Camp O'Donnell and his name is inscribed on a memorial there. The motherf^%@#rs were vicious and remorseless. No sympathy. And, yes, it's always sad when innocents die with the guilty but that is life - a far from perfect situation at best.
Oh my god. My dad's good friend, Claude Hatch was a member of that group. He survived the march. He just died recently. He told my dad some terrible stories.
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/bcmfofnm/bataan_veteran/claude_hatch.html
We live close to his family and I grew up with his daughters.