• UltraGiGaGigantic
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    2 days ago

    Our leaders fighting in the wars they start.

    You wanted it… go fucking get it cowards.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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        20 hours ago

        On Sep 7, 1944, a group of American pilots was tasked with bombing a radio tower at Chichijima Island in the Pacific theater. The Japanese resistance was strong, and many American planes were shot down. Eight pilots managed to parachute to the ground safely but were caught by the Japanese.

        The Japanese military tortured them and then brutally executed them, in at least one case forcing the prisoner to dig his own grave before killing him. After the prisoners were executed, the Japanese cannibalized them, not due to lack of rations but to show “fighting spirit”.

        A ninth pilot parachuted away that day. The Japanese sent small boats out to try to capture him, but American airplanes arrived to force the Japanese boats back. The pilot was swimming in the open ocean far from any nearby ships when an American submarine suddenly breached the water in front of him and rescued him.

        That pilot then went on to become the 41st President of the United States.

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        1 day ago

        Hey tbf at least here in the States these guys are reaching their 80s…