On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:10:39 -0800, Rich S. wrote:

"Big John" wrote in message
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Rich

Not sure where you got your figures?

I ended up in the early occupation forces in Japan.

When the Emperor said quit they did.

I felt safer in the middle of a Japanesse city at midnight (I was a
Provost Marshal as an additonal duty and we kept a presence 24/7) than I
do at high noon in Wshington, D.C.

I have read reports of this for years. While I wasn't there, they seem
bona fide. Try http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000310.html for
instance (just something I Googled up quickly).

Rich S.

Sure, there were a few Japanese soldiers on various Pacific islands who
preferred to live like hermits than to come home to the humiliation of
defeat. But I have never seen any info that they killed any significant
number of occupying troops. The situation in Iraq appears to be very
different from the situation in Japan or Germany after WWII ended.

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