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Unread 09-03-2003, 12:03 AM   #13
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Jim Keenan:
<strong>There is no question that U.S. occupying forces allowed Japanese depot workers to grind off the crest prior to formally surrendering the weapons. This was in accordance with MacArthur's desire not to offend the Emperor, whose personal symbol the "mum" was (and is).

As to stories of army personnel in the middle of battle grinding crests off captured weapons...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Jim, who said anything about grinding off during battle? Where is that from?

The first part about Mac not trying to offend the Emperor is what I believe also, but the Bonzai people (Japanese collectors) do not agree on this either, so it is kind of up in the air as to who or why the mums were ground. <img border="0" alt="[king]" title="" src="graemlins/r.gif" />

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