Prosecute All War Criminals

It amazes me that our government will go to great lengths to prosecute suspected Nazi war criminals yet ignore others (“Death Camp Suspect Loses His Citizenship,” Feb. 22). There are many suspected Japanese war criminals alive today, most of them former guards at prison camps, who murdered and abused our men. They were never brought to justice. I know one by name and his whereabouts in Tokyo. A friend of mine, a former B-29 navigator who was shot down near Tokyo, also knows the name of another, who is now a successful businessman.

Our men never received medical treatment while in captivity and many died of medical neglect and starvation. And what about the horrendous tortures meted out to our captured pilots and GIs during the Vietnam War? Why aren’t we making efforts to prosecute Vietnamese war criminals?

While I have no love for the likes of John Demjanjuk, if our government is unwilling to go after Japanese and Vietnamese war criminals, then it should leave Demjanjuk alone.

Henry Sakaida

Temple City