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Old 05-12-2013, 08:32   #1
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World War II’s Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together

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Old 05-13-2013, 12:45   #2
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Interesting... Some of the quotes are interesting too...

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After WWII, US Marines were charged with accepting the surrender of the Japanese in China and Manchuria, then overseeing their repatriation to Japan. This of course put the Marine 7th special services Regiment in the middle of the Civil war between the Commies and the KMT. The former were very aggressive against the US Marines and attacked and killed US soldiers. Imagine how much that must have sucked having gone all the way through WWII. Anyway, a troop train ferrying Japanese POWs to Tseintsing to ship to Japan was attacked by the Communists. The 300 or so US Marines distributed the captured Japanese weapons to the Japanese soldiers and together they repelled the division strength Communists. The Marines then recollected the weapons from their new Japanese allies and continued their trip to the sea.
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Old 05-13-2013, 17:11   #3
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Being that I like WWII history I might just buy the book. I agree with the writer that the story would make an interesting movie.
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