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Outrage as Tom Hanks brands war veterans 'racist' after filming The Pacific

The dual Oscar-winner went further in Time magazine."Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods," he said.

"They were out to kill us because our way of living was different.

"We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different.

"Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?"

Webmaster's Commentary: 

I think Tom Hanks is absolutely correct and the "outrage" is from the warhawks who want to convince the US soldiers that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq serve a noble purpose.

Was WW2 racist? Judge for yourself!


Life magazine, May 22, 1944, p. 34f.: "Picture of the week. When he said good bye two years ago to Natalie Nickerson, 20, a war worker of Phoenix, Ariz., a big, handsome Navy lieutenant promised her a Jap. Last week Natalie received a human skull, autographed by her lieutenant and 13 friends, and inscribed: 'This is a good Jap - a dead one picked up on the New Guinea beach.' Natalie, surprised at the gift, named it Tojo.

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Posted on Mar 18, 2010 at 10:52
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