Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 43
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Luzon--and Luzon had been taken. Until all of this
was taken, then we began to turn our attention to the
"Coronet" operation. It was at this time that the
target information center began to blossom. This
would be, I'd say, in June or July of 1945. It
blossomed then, and they began to take pictures and
just send them to us. But then the surrender took
place in the middle of August.
Before we get up to the surrender--and we've almost
reached that point at this time--there's one question
I want to ask you with regard to some of your combat
experience. Now you had been in combat for a certain
amount of time. You had observed the Japanese
fighting. You had observed them dying. At this time,
did you have the impression that they were going to
hold out to the last man? Had you seen evidence
of their fanaticism? You had seen the kamikaze plane,
of course. But among the actual soldiers themselves,
what evidence did you see of this fanaticism? Maybe
that's not a very good question.
Oh, no! I mean, the answer overwhelms me. I could
talk for weeks on it.
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/44/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.