Talk:Tadamichi Kuribayashi

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I hope I can be NPOV or whatever it is called on the discussion page...Wow! Kuribashi you cat! It made me cry to think of it. I can imagine Japanese holed up in caves realising that they are shortly going to be cooked, and still laughing at the loudspeakers asking them to capitulate.

This guy kicked ass. Forget the flag-raising yanks, Kuribayashi was the real hero.

[edit] Lt. General?

Kuribayashi was posthumously raised to Colonel general, surely this needs mentioning, but where? The first line identified him as Lt. General which was the highest rank he held while alive. Discuss whether his posthumous rank should be included here or elsewhere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.127.147.7 (talk) 09:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

Where did you get this info? 168.253.12.62 18:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradictions

1: The only type of death mentioned in the intro is ritual suicide, but later the article calls that "less credible" than his being killed in action. 2: This article claims that 283 of the Japanese defenders survived, while Battle of Iwo Jima claims 216. David 22:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)