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In this Rewind, we reflect on a brutal slice of US action in WWII: corpse desecration in the Pacific theatre, to send "souvenirs" home. This isn't about sensationalizing our worst side, though; it's about looking pragmatically at history and remembering that war is not and has never been "glorious". It's a part of the human condition that normalizes deranged thinking, both in battle and at home, and which we never seem to find the time to reckon with in full.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/this-is-a-good-jap-what-we-forget