This island kept a dark secret until 2004 (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*)

Summary by Krater

This video tells the story of George H.W. Bush's World War II mission over ChiChi Jima and the brutal fate of his fellow airmen after their planes were shot down. Sixty years later, records from a Japanese war crimes trial revealed the horrific truth of what happened to the captured American servicemen.

From the video

Answers: What happened to the downed American airmen on ChiChi Jima during World War II?

• World War II Pacific theater
• ChiChi Jima radio towers bombing
• George H.W. Bush military service
• Japanese war crimes trial
• Guam war crimes trial

What it concludes

• George H.W. Bush survived being shot down over ChiChi Jima by staying in his raft and paddling away until rescued by an American submarine.
• Eight other American airmen captured on ChiChi Jima were executed and subjected to cannibalism by Japanese officers.
• Post-war trials in Guam convicted Japanese military leaders for the atrocities committed against the captured American servicemen.
• George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush both went on to become presidents of the United States.