Talk:Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi

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[edit] Medical officer

Since I don't have access to any of the references, I'm a bit confused by Tatsuguchi's rank. He was considered an "acting medical officer", yet given an NCO rank? Is this true? Also, it appears that from his diary, he fought? Was he armed? Although somewhat familiar with Japanese military history, and very familiar with US Navy protocol for medical officers, what he or the IJA did seems to be in direct contravention of the Geneva articles for war. Physicians should be unarmed except for a sidearm. I don't doubt what was written in this article, but I think further clarification for both the casual and more expert reader would be helpful. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 17:11, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

He was an NCO as a medical officer which was unusual and clearly shows what the IJA thought of him. His diary doesn't say that he was armed or that he fought. The reference to a grenade is enigmatic. He doesn't say where he got it, if he was armed all along, or what. From what I've read in other Japanese first-person accounts of their experiences in WWII, Tatsuguchi and the other doctors were probably given the grenades and told to give them to the patients to commit suicide with once the end of the battle appeared to be near. But, that's OR on my part. None of the sources discuss the controversy over whether he was armed or not, so I'm not sure how I can discuss it in the article. Cla68 (talk) 23:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Then I'm a bit confused. The article seems to say he died during the final attack on an American position, which would indicate he was armed. And in one of his diary entries, it seemed to indicates that he fought when he says, he was "determined to destroy the enemy force to the very last soldier." The reason why most armies don't allow their doctors to be armed and fight (and since it's in contravention of the Hippocratic oath), is that they don't want their valuable physicians killed. I guess there's no Clint Eastwood movie to clear up the facts. And thanks for clarification of his rank. That's pretty harsh of the IJA, when they probably lacked a lot of Medical officers. Of course, I wonder what the US military would have done with him, if he stayed in the US???? Probably would have been sent to Manzanar. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 02:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikilinked days

The days, e.g. 3 May are wikilinked throughout the article. I suspect this is not the recommended method for top quality articles? Good job by the way. If it succeeds the FA-nom, it will be the first Adventist WikiProject article to reach that status, as far as I am aware. Colin MacLaurin (talk) 08:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)