Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> in article 4173FD64.885E9EB4@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
> etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 10/19/04 2:29 AM:

> methods used. The Japanese soldiers in Okinawa were fighting frantically,
> sometimes unwillingly (soldiers chained to their positions), and you are
> "disturbed" that the Allies used deadly force against such an enemy?

> Please elaborate on what military methods (tactical or strategic) you find
> so "disturbing."

Asphyxiating gases were used on Okinawa. Some people object to that.

Mike