GDG- Dead soldiers and looting

[CWMHTours at aol.com]

Sadly.... I m confooozed again.
 
So the Japanese looted Conf corpses for beer?
 
Dang!  That's cool!
 
Your  Most Obedient Servant,
Peter  

 
In a message dated 1/11/2012 10:27:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jlawrence at kc.rr.com writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
There was Japanese beer captured at Guadacanal  (Kirin) that was 
"liberated" 
in huge quantities.
It it became the beer  of choice for marines. Because it cost so much.

It is not a bad beer,  It is sold all over the U.S. It is a japanese 
recipe, 
brewed in the United  staes, by budweisr, a belgian company.

I am not sure what that  means.

Regards,


Jack
----- Original Message -----  
From: "George Connell" <georgeconnell at mac.com>
To: "GDG"  <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:23  PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Dead soldiers and looting


> Esteemed GDG  Member Contributes:
> Well, we certainly didn't have any qualms about  doing so in the Great 
> Southeast Asian Sub-optimizing Experience that  we are not to mention in 
> this group. Though I must stress we were  usually looking for something 
to 
> eat other than  C-rations.
>
> I think if you've just killed someone the other  stuff is of no moral 
> consequence (but not to be encouraged because  it's bad for discipline).
>
> Regards,
>
>  George
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2012, at 19:03, CWMHTours at aol.com  wrote:
>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> I  don't know about anybody else  but if I was a CW  soldier and a  
friend 
>> of
>> mine, -or a strange corpse,  had money  and  valuables on them, I would 
be
>> unsure- and uncertain as  to the moral  quandary:  Morally should you 
even
>> take  anything at all or leave it out of  principle?   Should you  take 
it
>> because someone else will take it if  you leave  it?
>>
>> It is 2012 and no longer Victorian times but what  should you  do about
>> stealing from  corpses?
>>
>> Actually I have always had an issue with it  that upsets my  tummy.
>>
>> We have vets in  here....  With my apologies for intruding  with the
>>  question what would YOU do?
>>
>> Your  Most Obedient  Servant,
>> Peter
>>  
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