https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-04-04 17:43:07 UTC 2025-11-08 08:15:38 UTC hello@padlet.com joshuabpointer13 https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164691216 By James Bradley]]> 2017-04-04 17:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164691216 joshuabpointer13 https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164691517 Flyboys chronicles the true story of 8 american airmen who crash landed on the Japanese island of Chichi Jima during World War II]]> 2017-04-04 17:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164691517 joshuabpointer13 https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164728688 “Japan was taming her own Wild West as the Americans had theirs: by bringing the light of civilization through divine war against a barbaric enemy.” (Bradley 56)]]> 2017-04-04 19:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164728688 joshuabpointer13 https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164731037 The japanese invasion of China during world war II was one full of rape and inhumane killing. Because of this America and other countries condemned such acts. But what people don't like to think about is that America commited equal acts of slaughter during its expansion.

This is related to today because a lot of people just go with the flow without thinking. That's why it is always good to think about all the consequences before following along with something.]]> 2017-04-04 19:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164731037 joshuabpointer13 https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164734453 I already knew about the atrocities of the Japanese invasion of China. When I read this book however, it definitley opened my eyes about how severe it really was. It also helped me to realize why Japan is hated so much by other asian countries.]]> 2017-04-04 20:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164734453 joshuabpointer13 https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164734908 I liked how the author James Bradley used interviews from not just American soldiers who fought in the pacific, but also Japanese soldiers]]> 2017-04-04 20:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164734908 joshuabpointer13 https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164744796 The topic of the book was mainly the pacific theatre in World War II. Because it's nonfiction the book is filled with facts and first hand accounts.]]> 2017-04-04 21:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuabpointer13/qmzrc7jc08jz/wish/164744796