I wonder whats happening in Russia today? Post war the Soviets issued a Victory over Japan medal, complete with portrait of Stalin. This to commemorate their whole 36 hours of hostilities against Japan, having declared war on them two days before their capitulation and post the events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki!
Some harrowing tales in this morning's interviews. One former Chindit told how he knelt and quietly talked to a severely wounded comrade as they were withdrawing from a patrol behind enemy lines, and then shot him in the head, rather than leave him to the tender mercies of the Japanese. What a burden to have to carry for the rest of your life, and what a debt we owe these men.