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Flyboys is the true story of young American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima. Eight of these young men were captured by Japanese troops and taken prisoner. Another was rescued by an American submarine and went on to become president. The reality of what happened to the eight... read more
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Memorable Quotes
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“A "sense of superiority...caused <the German and Japanese people> to feel that invasion of other countries and annihilation of other races was justified." (p. 137)”
Frank Gibney - Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War -
“"Nations tend to see the other side's war atrocities as systemic and indicative of their culture and their own atrocities as justified or the acts of stressed combatants." (p. 329)”
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“"I believe any culture can be indoctrinated into any attitude that the leaders want to teach them." (p. 329-330)”
Glen Berry - WWII vet and survivor of Bataan Death March, 2 Hell Ships, and Fukuoka prision camp -
“"I hold no rancor in my heart for my former enemy."”
George Bush - Former President and WWII fighter pilot -
“"No one ever won a war by dying for their country. They won by making the other son-of-a-bitch die for his."”
George Patton
First Sentence
THE E-MAIL WAS FROM IRIS CHANG, author of the groundbreaking bestseller The Rape of Nanking.
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- James Bradley (Author)
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