From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 09:01:53 MST
In a message dated 12/6/2002 12:11:48 AM Central Standard Time, mmb@spies.com
writes: In a message dated 12/5/2002 6:06:19 PM Central Standard Time,
ABlainey@aol.com writes: the same way Yamamoto got strung up for atrocities
committed by his subordinates in the Philippines about which all agreed he
had no knowledge.
I was one of those boys that grew up during the 2nd world war -- I was
ten when the war ended. A lot of us read widely on the war during the war
and afterward. Like Robert E. Lee before him I have never heard anyone treat
Yamamoto as other than an honorable enemy.
As to Yamashita there is a contention you will sometimes hear that
says Yamashita's big mistake was in whipping MacArthur. I have always
admired MacArthur and have never found any basis to the story about him and
Yamashita. Perhaps someone else knows the history of Yamashita's hanging.
As to Yamashita's not knowing of the atrocities, what can I say.
Superiors are called to account for not staying on top of their subordinates
conduct all the time. I know of no managerial theory that exemps a managers
responsibility for their subordinates on the basis of ignorance.
Ron h.
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