The Story -> In late 1944, the Chichijima incident occurred in the Pacific Theater. 9 American Pilots ejected out of their planes after they had been shot down by Japanese aircraft. 8 out of the 9 landed on Chichijima, a tiny island 700 miles south of Tokyo and were quickly captured by the Japanese, all but one soldier (Remember this). The 9 Americans were then tortured and beaten by the Japanese soldiers before being executed by decapitation on the orders of Lt Gen. Yoshio Tachibana.
At least 4 of the airmen had been cut into pieces, roasted and ritually eaten by the Japanese soldiers. They also kept a few of them alive for multiple days, to keep the flesh fresh while cutting off limbs one by one when they were in need of a meal. How horrifying it must have been to see your living comrade’s limbs be cut off one by one and eaten by the enemy. Even more so when it was your turn.
8 out of the 9 soldiers were now dead, all except one. That sole American Pilot avoided being captured by not actually landing on the island and was eventually rescued. That Pilot was non other than future American President, George H.W. Bush.
George H.W. Bush later got revenge for his fallen comrades by puking on their Prime Minister in 1992.
TLDR: Bros got they ass EATEN (and not in the good way)
Sabot1312 on
So close to being in the better timeline.
Bokuden101 on
You make it sound like Bush escaped the island. Bush was never on the island, only the waters around it where he was rescued by a midget-submarine that happened to be present.
The other stuff yeah, awful.
Folks focus way to much on Bush’s close call here. Should be remembering the boys who did suffer:
Warren Earl Vaughn
Dick Woellhof
Floyd Hall
Marve Mershon
Jimmy Dye
Grady York
Glenn Frazier
Bill Connell
cumblaster8469 on
Japan should be nuked again.
zizonesol on
Yeahhhhhhhh this is one of many reasons why I do NOT like the Imperial Japanese…
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The Story -> In late 1944, the Chichijima incident occurred in the Pacific Theater. 9 American Pilots ejected out of their planes after they had been shot down by Japanese aircraft. 8 out of the 9 landed on Chichijima, a tiny island 700 miles south of Tokyo and were quickly captured by the Japanese, all but one soldier (Remember this). The 9 Americans were then tortured and beaten by the Japanese soldiers before being executed by decapitation on the orders of Lt Gen. Yoshio Tachibana.
At least 4 of the airmen had been cut into pieces, roasted and ritually eaten by the Japanese soldiers. They also kept a few of them alive for multiple days, to keep the flesh fresh while cutting off limbs one by one when they were in need of a meal. How horrifying it must have been to see your living comrade’s limbs be cut off one by one and eaten by the enemy. Even more so when it was your turn.
8 out of the 9 soldiers were now dead, all except one. That sole American Pilot avoided being captured by not actually landing on the island and was eventually rescued. That Pilot was non other than future American President, George H.W. Bush.
George H.W. Bush later got revenge for his fallen comrades by puking on their Prime Minister in 1992.
TLDR: Bros got they ass EATEN (and not in the good way)
So close to being in the better timeline.
You make it sound like Bush escaped the island. Bush was never on the island, only the waters around it where he was rescued by a midget-submarine that happened to be present.
The other stuff yeah, awful.
Folks focus way to much on Bush’s close call here. Should be remembering the boys who did suffer:
Warren Earl Vaughn
Dick Woellhof
Floyd Hall
Marve Mershon
Jimmy Dye
Grady York
Glenn Frazier
Bill Connell
Japan should be nuked again.
Yeahhhhhhhh this is one of many reasons why I do NOT like the Imperial Japanese…
Modern Japan is okay tho
2 bombs weren’t enough
George H. W. Bush narrowly escaped this
That cannibalism part is poorly sourced.
Never ask what’s inside a Chichijima Chimichanga.