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On September 2, 1945, onboard the Battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the terms of agreement for the surrender of Japan was officially signed.
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The undeclared wars fought against the communist regimes in North Korea and North Vietnam brought on the worst treatment yet of American POW's. Physical torture and punishment were meted out with little regard for established rules of warfare. Moreover, there was psychological mistreatment, from simple taunting of POWs in Vietnam with stories of anti-war protests back home to attempts at brainwashing prisoners into believing they had committed war crimes. Camaraderie within the prison camps became an even more important tool in maintaining morale and discipline; all these prisoners had on any given day was each other.
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For the Japanese soldier fighting in WWII, the worst humilation was capture by the enemy. So when American servicemen surrendered, many in the early days of the war on the Philippines, their new captors felt only contempt for them, projecting their own culture onto enemy combatants. Beginning with the Bataan Death March and its horrible casualty rate, the Japanese seemed either indifferent or downright hostile to the welfare of their prisoners. In turn those prisoners put to work in factories or rail yards in Japan and China could take some satisfaction out of subtly sabotaging the Empire's war effort. John Stensby, SR., Chief Warrant Officer 3, US Army and WWII POW. Read how he single handedly sunk a Japanese war ship while he was a POW. His full story at http://www.loc.gov/vets/
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"The man who appreciates Freedom the most is the free man who has become a slave". Memoir of Navy Capt. James A. Milligan, Jr. served in WWII, Korea and spent 3 1/2 years in solitary confinement as a POW in Vietnam. Read his full story at http://www.loc.gov/vets/
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"We will always remember our collective obligation to ensure that justice is done, that freedom prevails, and that the principles upon which our Nation was founded endure. From the tragedy of September 11 emerged a stronger Nation, renewed by a spirit of National Pride and a true love of Country"...........George W. Bush

On Sept 11th please fly your flags at half-staff and observe a moment of silence at 8:46 am


Remember the fallen;
Honor those who serve;
Teach our children the value of freedom