An independent democratic socialist observes LIFE in " OUR democracy ": Understanding wealth- Marx's Das Kapital was a gr...

An independent democratic socialist observes LIFE in " OUR democracy ": Understanding wealth- Marx's Das Kapital was a gr...:   How about a very cerebral--non-angry,non-violent--way to check the economic chaos of global capitalism ? What we need in this country i...

Fwd: Obituary notice of H.P.Lovecraft, March 16, 1937

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From: Ron Ruggierj <ronruggierj@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 at 13:52
Subject: Obituary notice of H.P.Lovecraft, March 16, 1937
To: Steve Ruggieri <s.ruggieri54@gmail.com>, <radicalron72647@gmail.com>

WAR IS HELL ! I asked GOOGLE AI : " American general Jonathan M. Wainwright spent nearly 4 years in a Japanese camp. Did he comment on his treatment there ? "

[ "American general Jonathan M. Wainright spent nearly 4 years in a Japanese prison camp. Did he comment on his treatment there ? " }Yes, General Jonathan M. Wainwright commented extensively on his treatment, most notably in his 1946 autobiography, General Wainwright's Story.Despite being the highest-ranking American prisoner of war (POW), the Japanese military denied him Geneva Convention privileges, subjecting him to the same brutal deprivation as his men.Wainwright's primary accounts of his 39-month captivity highlight specific hardships:Starvation and Physical TollExtreme Malnutrition: Wainwright wrote extensively about surviving on meager, substandard rations. He lost a massive amount of weight, leaving his already lean frame completely emaciated.Physical Alterations: By the time he was liberated from the Sian POW camp in Manchuria, his hair had turned completely white and his skin was fragile and cracked. His former commander, General Douglas MacArthur, was reportedly so traumatized by Wainwright’s skeletal appearance that he was unable to eat or sleep for a day.Abuse and HumiliationPropaganda Exploitation: Wainwright noted that the Japanese treated him with a mix of targeted psychological cruelty and humiliation. Because of his high rank, he was routinely paraded in front of cameras and forced to make statements to demoralize Allied troops.Frequent Relocations: He documented being shuttled through a harsh network of prison camps spanning the Philippines, Formosa (Taiwan), and ultimately Manchuria. In some camps, such as Karenko, he and other high-ranking officers were subjected to progressive degradation and deliberate indignities.Psychological TormentIsolation from the World: Wainwright recalled that the lack of communication from the outside world was its own form of torture. Having been forced to sign the surrender of Corregidor in 1942 to prevent a total massacre, he spent years in isolation agonizing over the belief that the American public and military viewed him as a coward or a disgrace.When interviewed by reporters in September 1945 shortly after his release, Wainwright chose to stay mostly silent on the explicit details of his physical torture, focusing instead on the emotional solace he felt upon realizing the American people understood the dire circumstances of his surrender.Would you like to know more about his liberation by Soviet forces or his presence at the formal Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri?AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses Warfare History NetworkGeneral Jonathan M. Wainwright survived the privations of ...Despite being the highest-ranking American officer taken prisoner during the war, Wainwright endured the same starvation and ill t...Facebook·Friends of the National World War II MemorialLieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright was in a Japanese ...Aug 16, 2024 — On August 16, 1945 - 74 years ago today - U.S. Army Lieutenant General Johnathan "Skinny" Wainwright was liberated from a Japanese...Warfare History NetworkThe OSS' Operation Cardinal: Locating General Jonathan WainwrightMay God bless and preserve and guide you and the nation in the ultimate victory. With profound regret and continued pride in my ga...Show all

An independent democratic socialist observes LIFE in " OUR democracy ": Ambitious wives are not good for socialist dreamers

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