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In the mid-70s, I was in the Army, stationed in Germany. I would travel around, by bike and train. I frequently met and talked with the locals. Whatever beliefs I had before I went there, were changed after to speaking to the locals. To a person, everyone was respectful, polite and frequently had offered every possible assistance. NOTE: I knew how the war started, who started the war and what they were fighting for. But, when the story is told by one person, that was there, I had a better understanding. When it came to the Jews, I think most knew what was happening, but they never spoke about it. After the war everyone knew. I was training for a re-enactment march, The Nijmegen March. One day I was waiting at a train station and was talking to this old man. He said he was in the German Army and they were going back to Germany, from Russia. The Russian Amy was right behind them, all of the way. They were marching 100 Km everyday. There wasn't much food and they couldn't take the seriously wounded men. Many of his friends just fell out from exhaustion. I've often thought about this. Could I march, run almost, 60 miles every day for a month?

There is a great passage in "The Battle for Okinawa" by Colonel Yahara, the senior surviving Japanese officer. He said that in the POW camp, ashamed that he was still alive and hadn't killed himself, he was challenged by a teenage American soldier who couldn't understand the mindset. "The Army is just like business. If the business goes bankrupt you don't kill yourself." Colonel Yahara suddenly thought that this argument made a great deal of sense, and stopped feeling ashamed of himself.

Kinda reminds me of Joseph and his brothers.

War is hell.

Who is cutting the onions around here all of a sudden....

My family was stationed on Okinawa ‘65-‘68. Higa is an Okinawa name. I had friends with the last name of Higa in high school.

Guess you’ve never been to Hawaii

やっぱ　国際化はダメだな

Recognition well deserved!!!!! Hat tip to all of the 442nd!

Over 20 people (assuming) survived jumping off the GG bridge, over 1000 who did not, hitting the water at 75 mph. All survivors were "cured" of their suicidal tendencies.

Those POWs are lucky they met sympathetic interrogators. I would’ve not had that same level of empathy 🙄

That's incredible, just absolutely incredible.

Tuen up the volume!

Takejiro Higa 94, of Honolulu, a World War II veteran of the Military Intelligence Service and retired Internal Revenue Service Agent passed away on October 7, 2017. He was born in Waipahu, the youngest of three children to Takeo and Ushi Higa. He is preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Higa and is survived by sons, Nelson (Alison) and Alton (Kristine) and grandchildren, Brianne, Chase, Logan and Brennan Higa. He was active in many civic and cultural organizations including the Jikoen Hongwanji Mission, Kita Nakagusuku Sonjin Kai, Hawaii United Okinawa Association and Hui Makaala. Visitation 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; services to begin at 11:00. Casual attire and no flowers, please. Arrangements Provided By: Hosoi Garden Mortuary

War only serves those in power at the top, the pain is carried by EVERYONE ELSE.

So. Now he is part of American imperialism and we all feel good? I'm so confused

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. UNIVERSAL FAMILY. 1 ❤ WASHINGTON D.C

Hell on Earth.

Traitor to your own race and people.

What a pathetic rat of a man.

This just goes to show how brainwashed WW2 Japanese soldiers were. They thought Americans kill POWs.

No one here has walked in anyone else's shoes.

The ultimate troll. Lol

OMG! I also cried.

It might be anbearable dishonor for a Japanese Captain who failed to commit suicide. But after the war, he and his family might think that he was really lucky. Japanese military code made soldiers insane.

It might be a traumatic experience for this Japanese American to meet his fomer classmates and his teacher. Wars divided people between enemies. But former enemies could be good friends today. It is hard to believe that Japan a fomer archfoe of the United States is now a staunch ally.

My great uncle fought in the 442nd. Back in the 70’s I was a young kid and I told him that it must have been so cool to fight in the war. He showed me a photo album filled with fellow soldiers he fought alongside. As he told me about each of them his eyes teared up. He said war is not like the movies. It’s a sad and terrifying thing to be in. He felt bad for all soldiers involved American and German.

SHE was THE Internet of Freedom !!!

Japanese American spy sent information from Pearl Harbor to Japan killing countless Americans

It was war. Bad things happen…we should try to avoid them.

Thank you, Higa-san. 比嘉さんにふぇーでーびる。 比嘉さんありがとうございます。

Imagine a race of people who have contributed so little to the world that they have to make heroes of postal workers during WW2.

Go for broke 442!

A really good story. I felt a thing or two. Just remember that those two classmates of his might not have treated an american or australian POW so kindly.

Thank you for such great content! Could someone confirm the name of the officer who wrote the memoire: Goldberg? Does anyne know if it online?

It very hard for someone that was serve as Army Intelligence officer for a country that you were born and raise going into war against a country that was once your ancestral home but you already had a home that you know since you were born, facing a man from your own ancestral home, that look and speak much like you

All I can say is thank you

What a great story. One in a million chance.

That is a GREAT story. Wow

Go for broke was the war cry used by the Japanese American soldiers.😊

They were all born in Japan yet the difference between living in a free country versus living in a country where you gotta do everything you told is super obvious in this situation. The man talking is obviously intelligent and educated while the pow Japanese sound like sheep, just following the herd.

Big deal. Most of us had German grandfathers serving against their own homeland TWICE.

guy sounds like a native indian

my god

Like Josepf and his brothers in Egypt.

Very interesting, he had a practical memory of it all, not a dramatic, hollywood one.

Where can I find Goldberg's memoirs?

I wonder if this guy is related to Ryan Higa, who is also descended from Okinawans and grew up in Hawaii

We don't deserve these heroes

This is the spirit of America speaking. Diversity is our strength.