On 10/12/2015 11:11 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 6:16:24 PM UTC-10, wrote:
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>> This doesn't make a lot of sense unless you mean after WW II. The Army
>> was focused on Europe, except for the Army Air Corps. And the Army
>> put Japanese-Americans in Europe lest they turn out to be traitors after
>> all.
>
> The bushido code was a doctrine used by the warlords of Japan to control their army and stressed loyalty, duty, and honor, to their lords. The Japanese generals adopted the samurai code during the 20th century to control their troops. It was a most honorable thing and even the average Japanese citizen got caught up in it and believed that it embodied the Japanese national spirit.
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> The story goes that General Hideki Tojo sent a letter to the Japanese-American soldiers in Hawaii encouraging them to swear undying loyalty to their country and their Shogun, FDR, and to fight with all their might. Well, that's how the story goes anyway. It just goes to show you that you should never believe your own PR.
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Yet another wonderful insight that most of us would never have guessed at.

Looks like "The Last Samurai" wasn't so far off in tone or culture.