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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7619970">My original source was my grandfather, describing his training for WWII.&nbsp; However, this is the first thing that popped up for me on Google: <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/THE-SCIENCE-OF-CREATING-KILLERS-Human-2514123.php" target="_blank">https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/THE-SCIENCE-OF-CREATING-KILLERS-Human-2514123.php</a>. (EDIT: I just realized you only quoted the second half of my post.&nbsp; No, it doesn't mention the derogatory slurs thing. I'll go look for that. EDIT2: Nope, first page of results on first search didn't turn up anything. But I'll continue to believe my grandfather.)Pithy quote:For somebody who doesn't want to believe this, it would be pretty easy to just say, &quot;Yeah but that's a newspaper...from liberal San Francisco. Where's the peer reviewed clinical research?&quot;&nbsp; And my answer would be: &quot;I dunno.&nbsp; It's not a high enough priority for me that I'm going to go looking.&quot;EDIT: And just to honor my grandfather, who died a few years ago, I want to mention that for decades he claimed he had been on Guam, doing supply stuff.&nbsp; Just before he died he was at a doctor's appointment with one of my aunts. The doctor, while chatting him up, asked if he was in the war, and what unit he was in.&nbsp; My grandfather told him.&nbsp; The doctor turns out to be a military history buff, and looked startled.&nbsp; He said, &quot;So you were on Iwo Jima.&quot;&nbsp; My aunt scoffed, &quot;No!&nbsp; He wasn't on Iwo Jima!&quot;&nbsp; My grandfather said, &quot;Yeah, I was,&quot; and started sobbing.&nbsp; It was literally the first time he talked about it since coming home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7619970"] My original source was my grandfather, describing his training for WWII. However, this is the first thing that popped up for me on Google: [URL]https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/THE-SCIENCE-OF-CREATING-KILLERS-Human-2514123.php[/URL]. (EDIT: I just realized you only quoted the second half of my post. No, it doesn't mention the derogatory slurs thing. I'll go look for that. EDIT2: Nope, first page of results on first search didn't turn up anything. But I'll continue to believe my grandfather.) Pithy quote: For somebody who doesn't want to believe this, it would be pretty easy to just say, "Yeah but that's a newspaper...from liberal San Francisco. Where's the peer reviewed clinical research?" And my answer would be: "I dunno. It's not a high enough priority for me that I'm going to go looking." EDIT: And just to honor my grandfather, who died a few years ago, I want to mention that for decades he claimed he had been on Guam, doing supply stuff. Just before he died he was at a doctor's appointment with one of my aunts. The doctor, while chatting him up, asked if he was in the war, and what unit he was in. My grandfather told him. The doctor turns out to be a military history buff, and looked startled. He said, "So you were on Iwo Jima." My aunt scoffed, "No! He wasn't on Iwo Jima!" My grandfather said, "Yeah, I was," and started sobbing. It was literally the first time he talked about it since coming home. [/QUOTE]

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