My dad was Army in the Japanese islands for the full war. He enlisted in November 41. He didnt talk about it much and I wish I had asked him more about it. His parents and one older brother were from Italy and he had 2 first cousins in the Italian army one of which was a US citizen, he was born and grew up with in the USA but had gone back to Italy with his father and while there was forced into the army, he survived but the other cousin didnt. Not sure how my dad would have tuned out if he had been sent to Italy to fight. He definitely had no love for the Japs though.
