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My grandfather, a Japanese American, fought for the US during WWII.
If he had been living in Japan at that time, would he have fought for the Japanese?
Why?
Did he fight because he happened to live there, or because it was the right thing to do?
I asked my cousin, and she replied.
I guess if Grandpa had been living in Japan at the time then he would have had to fight for the Japanese. They had a draft just like in the U.S. He didn't have a choice about being in the U.S. Army. He was drafted.
I think Grandpa wished there never was a war. I'm sure it was hard for him to fight on the U.S. side while his mom and younger brother and sister were still living in Japan. I think if he'd had a choice not to fight, he wouldn't have "fought". Grandpa was way behind the front lines though he did have to walk over the corpses of Japanese of soldiers at some point - he told me that when I was a kid - I remember how serious he looked when he said it. Grandma told me that he and some of his friends pretended to know less Japanese than they really knew so that they could spend more time at the military language school and less time working for the war effort. I think he wanted the war to end. So he did a good job to help end the war.
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My grandfather, a Japanese American, fought for the US during WWII.
If he had been living in Japan at that time, would he have fought for the Japanese?
Why?
Did he fight because he happened to live there, or because it was the right thing to do?
I asked my cousin, and she replied.
I guess if Grandpa had been living in Japan at the time then he would have had to fight for the Japanese. They had a draft just like in the U.S. He didn't have a choice about being in the U.S. Army. He was drafted.
I think Grandpa wished there never was a war. I'm sure it was hard for him to fight on the U.S. side while his mom and younger brother and sister were still living in Japan. I think if he'd had a choice not to fight, he wouldn't have "fought". Grandpa was way behind the front lines though he did have to walk over the corpses of Japanese of soldiers at some point - he told me that when I was a kid - I remember how serious he looked when he said it. Grandma told me that he and some of his friends pretended to know less Japanese than they really knew so that they could spend more time at the military language school and less time working for the war effort. I think he wanted the war to end. So he did a good job to help end the war.