At War . . .
World War II
Philippines
harvest moon---
a soldier bayoneting
babies
The Japanese Army occupied the Philippines during World
War Two. Many of the soldiers
hated Filipinos, looking down upon them as an inferior race. The atrocities
committed during the occupation were unspeakable. Devote Catholic women
forced into prostitution; citizens indiscriminately murdered without regard
to age.
Some of my in-laws lived through this hell. They've shown
me bullets in the walls of their homes; told me of the fear they experienced
when soldiers roamed the streets,
looting their homes, forcing them to live in basements and the nearby
jungle. As a veteran of another war, I have seen firsthand what war can
do to the mindset of young men uprooted from their country fighting a
war they are not prepared to fight spiritually and psychologically. Especially
when they are thrust into battlefields rife with the blood of friends
and fellow soldiers.
robert wilson
USA