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The New DU. Reply #45: Soldiers are jailed, spies are hung
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AngryAmish
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Fri May-22-09 01:27 PM
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That was the general rule for a few hundred years. The sabatuers captured in America were tried before a military trubunal and put to death (mostly - I think there were some exceptions.
Japanese POWs had a rougher time of it in US hands, since the US soldiers had a rougher time of it in Japanese hands (Bataan death march and whatnot). Plus there were many fewer japanese surrenders for cultural reasons. Many German POWs liked to so much they wanted to stay. Then again they had more kin in the US and the like.
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