In WWII, American soldiers commonly called Germans and Japanese as krauts and Japs.
Non-alien – a term used by the Army during World War II to describe a U.S. citizen of Japanese ancestry. The U.S. government often referred to U.S. residents of Japanese ancestry as “aliens” and “non-aliens” rather than as “citizens” and “non-citizens.”
Collectively the United States often called them the Viet Cong. It was commonly shortened to VC, which in military alphabet code was spoken as Victor Charlie. It was further shortened to just Charlie. American soldiers called them Charlie, they called themselves liberators.
Unlike the prisoners held by China or the western Allies, these men were treated harshly by their captors, and over 60,000 died. Japanese POWs were forced to undertake hard labour and were held in primitive conditions with inadequate food and medical treatments.
When the troops got rained on the clay on their uniforms turned into “doughy blobs,” supposedly leading to the doughboy moniker. However doughboy came into being, it was just one of the nicknames given to those who fought in the Great War.
Ami – German slang for an American soldier.
Puttees, an East Indian term, were made of wool and tightly wrapped around the legs from the ankles to the knees. Worn outside of the soldier's pants, puttees were originally believed to increase muscle stamina, but the best contribution they offered was an extra layer of protection against mud.
Unprepared for coping with so many captured European prisoners, the Japanese held those who surrendered to them in contempt, especially the women. The men at least could be put to work as common laborers, but women and children were "useless mouths." This attitude would dictate Japanese policy until the end of the war.
The reasons for the Japanese behaving as they did were complex. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) indoctrinated its soldiers to believe that surrender was dishonourable. POWs were therefore thought to be unworthy of respect. The IJA also relied on physical punishment to discipline its own troops.
In addition to the central Tokyo trial, various tribunals sitting outside Japan judged some 5,000 Japanese guilty of war crimes, of whom more than 900 were executed.
The soldiers the Vietcong feared the most were not Americans at all, but their allies. Specifically, the Koreans. My father told me about a Korean officer who announced that he would kill 10 Vietnamese for every Korean lost in Vietnam.
Jun 1, 2020. Charlie Mike. This military term is code for Continue Mission—pushing through adversity no matter the difficulties. That's at the heart of The Mission Continues: to never quit until we've completed our mission.
"Charlie", American military slang referring to the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. "Charlie", the letter "C" in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
In WWII, American soldiers commonly called Germans and Japanese as krauts and Japs.
Japanese American internment
… first-generation Japanese Americans, known as Issei, who had emigrated from Japan and were not eligible for U.S. citizenship. About 80,000 of them were second-generation individuals born in the United States (Nisei), who were U.S. citizens.
Nisei, (Japanese: “second-generation”), son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who was born and educated in the United States.
Without a doubt Japan, although USSR comes close in 2nd place, and Germany on the Eastern Front probably tied with the Russians.
Crucifixion was a form of punishment, torture and/or execution that the Japanese military sometimes used against prisoners during the war.
Most prisoners of war (POWs) existed on a very poor diet of rice and vegetables, which led to severe malnutrition. Red Cross parcels were deliberately withheld and prisoners tried to supplement their rations with whatever they could barter or grow themselves.
The national guards protected civilians from possible attacks to come. After the Pearl Harbor attack, many Hawaiian citizens felt like they were attacked personally by the Japanese, this lead to increased anti-Japanese sentiment throughout the island.
Miraculously, the nurses all survived the long imprisonment from May 1942 to February 1945, but after liberation, received little recognition as military prisoners of war. But most of the nurses said that they didn't do anything extraordinary, they were just doing their jobs. “I don't consider myself a hero.
Floyd Thompson, USA Special Forces, POW for nearly nine years, and the longest held prisoner of war in American history.
Since the late 19th century, soldiers of various nations, especially infantry, often wore leggings to protect their lower leg, to keep dirt, sand, and mud from entering their shoes, and to provide a measure of ankle support.
Puttees (cloth leg bindings) were long established items of British soldiers' kit and were worn from the campaigns of the 1890s through to the 1980s when the adoption of high-leg boots made them redundant.
Puttees generally ceased to be worn as part of military uniform during World War II. Reasons included the difficulty of quickly donning an item of dress that had to be wound carefully around each leg, plus medical reservations regarding hygiene and varicose veins.