Thursday, October 26, 2006

Korean History shaped by imagination.

I don’t want to use one independent filmmaker’s take on history to be indicative of attitudes as a whole, but after the success of “Welcome to Dongmakgol,” one has to ask whether Koreans and Americans view their shared history in remotely the same way. This is particularly the case with younger Koreans whose collective memory of the Korean War and the role the United States played in it is being shaped by films like this and “Dongmakgol.”Marmot

It is good that American people are beginning to realize how Korean view on history is shaped by fiction.
I happened to find Japanese blogger criticizing the recent Korean article on the Massacre by Japanese.
Here is an original article and the main criticism.

Japanese Massacre Survivor Remembers



In the early 1942, Japanese authorities took young Koreans randomly to the war in agricultural villages. Lee was forced to get on a ship in Busan Port on March 23, 1942.

It was in 1944 that forced mobilization took effect in Korea.
Here is a survey of Korean voluntary worker for the army.
year......# of accepted......# of applicants......the rate of competition
1938......406................2946.................7.7
1939......613................12,348...............20.1
1940......3,060..............84,443...............27.6
1941.....3,208...............144,743..............45.1
1942.....4,077...............254,273.............,62.4
1943.....6,300...............303,394..............48.2

Tragedy on the Marshall Islands-


Japanese and Koreans eked out eating soup with bean leaves. And in early 1945, a Korean who was working for the army disappeared.


Efforts of groups of other Koreans to find the missing person failed. Later, those who went for fishing to a nearby deserted island saw an unspeakable scene. They found the disappeared Korean with slices of flesh in the thigh cut out.


What shocked them more was the whale meat Japanese gave to them a few days earlier. At that time, they felt satisfied because it had been long since they had eaten meat last time, but they quivered thinking they might have eaten human flesh. It was not quite possible the Japanese without any tool caught a whale and gave the meat to Koreans.


Several days later, another Korean went missing and was found with similar thigh flesh slices cut out. Koreans were overwhelmed with fear.


So it is not based on facts, but imagination.

Eventually, they decided to escape from the island. U.S. warships were around the island, so they thought they could escape if they killed the Japanese.


On the night of March 18, 1945, Koreans carried out their plan and killed 7 Japanese. When they were about to flee, machine guns were fired at them. A Korean informed the army in one-hour-away Lukonor Island about the plan and a 50-strong Japanese patrol came to the island and mercilessly fired bullets into Koreans. The Japanese bayoneted fallen Koreans. Those who took the lead in uprising killed themselves by blowing up dynamite.


In 1943, Japan lost the Marshall Islands
In 1944 the US forces occupied the Islands.

On the night of March 18, 1945, Koreans carried out their plan and killed 7 Japanese


It should be pointed out that,supposing the incident really happened, killing Japanese at the time was a crime and a rebel against Japanese army, and it is natural that some fierce battle might have happened beteween those Koreans and Japanese soldiers.



To be fair, another Japanese blogger points out that "it seems to be a fact that in Mili Atoll, people are left abandoned and suffered the starvation. And there were cases where Japanese cannibalism was reported during WWⅡ.
The point is that Korean claim is not based on fact,but mainly on imagination , and it is inconsistent with other established facts.

See also Kaya=Mimana



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【疑問点1】



1945年3月18日、日本軍が駐屯していた島のチルボン島で朝鮮の軍属が日本人を殺害して反乱を起こす




【歴史的事実】
1920年:国際連盟が、日本の委任統治領として承認。
1943年:マーシャル諸島の陥落
★1944年:アメリカ軍が占領★
1947年:国際連合は、アメリカ合衆国の信託統治領として承認。



(^ω^)時系列があっていないね!うん?

(^ω^)(当時国際的に日本人だった)朝鮮軍属が日本人を殺害してら反乱罪適用は当たり前でないか!うん?







【疑問点2】



1952年日本の第二復員省(旧・日帝海軍省) 職員が作成した『旧海軍軍属身上調査表』で、




【歴史的事実】
第二復員省(だいにふくいんしょう)
1945年(昭和20年)12月1日に設置
1946年(昭和21年)6月15日に廃止
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C%E5%BE%A9%E5%93%A1%E7%9C%81



(^ω^)時系列があっていないね!うん?







【疑問点3】



特に朝鮮の軍属が反乱を起こした理由が、飢えに疲れた日本軍が朝鮮の軍属を殺害し、人肉を食べた事を確信したと言う生存者の証言と手記





(^ω^)確信した!?証拠はないのね。つまり妄想だね!うん?







【疑問点4】



身上調査票には強制動員された軍人と軍属






(^ω^)別の記事を見てみよう↓





植民地下のマーシャル諸島朝鮮ちんぽ人虐殺が明るみに (東亞日報)

http://japan.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2006102625438



(前略)

1942年初め、日本帝国は農村を回って朝鮮ちんぽ人青年を手当たり次第に戦場に連行した。



李氏も同じく、1942年3月23日、釜山(プサン)港で船に載せられた。それまで一度も耳にしたことのない南太平洋のマーシャル諸島のミリ環礁に着いた

のは、それから13日後の4月6日だった。船酔いで今にも死にそうになったが、李氏を含めて数百人の朝鮮ちんぽ人軍属は、熱帯の猛暑の中で、ただちに労働

現場に駆り出された

(後略)




【歴史的事実】
韓国人志願兵の統計


志願兵(朝鮮)

   陸軍特別志願兵制(昭和13(1938)年4月実施)

   海軍特別志願兵制(昭和18(1943)年10月実施)

   学徒兵徴募(昭和18(1943)年10月実施)

   朝鮮兵徴兵(昭和19(1944)年10月実施)


朝鮮半島ににおける朝鮮ちんぽ人の志願状況

年度 採用数 応募数 倍率
1938年 406 2,946 7.7
1939年 613 12,348 20.1
1940年 3,060 84,443 27.6
1941年 3,208 144,743 45.1
1942年 4,077 254,273 62.4
1943年 6,300 303,394 48.2



徴用令が朝鮮ちんぽ半島に適用されたのは
昭和19年(1944年)9月



(^ω^)朝鮮で大人気だね日本軍。韓国人の憧れソウル大よりも倍率が高いね!これが強制連行!?うん?棒太郎の備暴録

…でも、あえて「これは危ないかな?」という所を指摘しておくと…マーシャル諸島でもミリ環礁は、攻撃は受けたものの終戦時まで補給無しで放置されたので、飢餓に苦しんだのは事実らしい。

木村幽囚記

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