{"id":1467,"date":"2013-05-06T01:01:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T07:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/afewgrownmen\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2013-04-10T17:44:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T23:44:20","slug":"never-forget-war-is-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/afewgrownmen\/2013\/05\/never-forget-war-is-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Forget: War is War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Over the last few\u00a0weeks I\u2019ve been\u00a0giving you a special preview inside the covers of VOICES OF THE PACIFIC,<\/a> the new book that I wrote along with New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Adam Makos.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s story comes from front line machine gunner Dan Lawler, <\/strong>who relates a powerful and poignant story about the first time he encountered civilians while fighting on Okinawa.<\/p>\n

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Dan Lawler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was this one day we were looking for Japs and we came upon a cave. We could hear talking in there, so I took out my pistol and shot three warning shots right over the top of the cave. Nobody came out, so we figured there weren\u2019t any Japs in there. It was undoubtedly just civilians. In Japanese I said, \u201cCome out, we\u2019ll give you food and water.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

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Sure enough, a few people slowly came out. About four or five adults, Okinawans. Along with the parents was a little boy, maybe 5 years old, and a little girl, maybe 2 or 3. At first, they were quite a ways a way and very cautious of us. <\/em><\/p>\n

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I motioned for them to come closer, and slowly they did, little by little. Other Marines took care of the adults, but the little girl came closer to me. Her hair was all messed up. She didn\u2019t have any shoes on, and she had blood all over her. As far as I could see, she hadn\u2019t been wounded, but somewhere along the line someone had been shot in close proximity to her, and the blood had spread all over. She was shaking \u2018cause she was so scared.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I broke a piece off a candy bar and held it out to her. She wouldn\u2019t eat either end of the bar. I guess the Japs had told stories of us poisoning food, but finally she ate from the middle of the bar. <\/em><\/p>\n

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She was still shaking then, so I picked her up and set her on my knee. That\u2019s when she put her arms around me. Well, I broke right there and started crying. <\/em><\/p>\n

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A captain come along and asked me, \u201cYou all right?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah, I\u2019m all right,\u201d I said. \u201cBut why do these civilians need to be involved?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s war,\u201d was all he said. <\/em><\/p>\n

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VOICES OF THE PACIFIC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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By Adam Makos with Marcus Brotherton<\/p>\n

Ask for it at a bookstore near you, or order your copy HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Question: when it comes to the stark realities of war, what do you hope people will always keep in mind? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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