16" versus 18"

Edward Tinker · 12-14-2016, 05:14 PM

The guy doesn't look Japanese, but the caption says;

Caption Men of battleship New Jersey humiliated a Japanese prisoner of war by forcing him to bath in public view, Dec 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer Charles Fenno Jacobs

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=3780

Olle · 12-14-2016, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

The guy doesn't look Japanese, but the caption says;

Caption Men of battleship New Jersey humiliated a Japanese prisoner of war by forcing him to bath in public view, Dec 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer Charles Fenno Jacobs

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=3780

That would go over like a turd in a punch bowl nowadays...

George Anderson · 12-14-2016, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olle

That would go over like a turd in a punch bowl nowadays...

Yeah, the Japs were inclined to bayoneting and decapitation of POWs.

DonVoigt · 12-14-2016, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

The guy doesn't look Japanese, but the caption says;

Caption Men of battleship New Jersey humiliated a Japanese prisoner of war by forcing him to bath in public view, Dec 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer Charles Fenno Jacobs

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=3780

I don't see how that would "humiliate" him; communal bathing would be a cultural norm.

He was probably very happy to get a bath!

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,609 Times in 2,123 Posts	The guy doesn't look Japanese, but the caption says; Caption Men of battleship New Jersey humiliated a Japanese prisoner of war by forcing him to bath in public view, Dec 1944 ww2dbase Photographer Charles Fenno Jacobs http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=3780