Talking about the misconduct of American soldiers in Japan, saying it's beyond description isn't an overstatement. Drinking a bit and racing cars, causing someone's death - such things are the norm. It's said that due to a period where too many incidents occurred, the American headquarters once issued an alcohol ban for the soldiers, which was lifted after just one day.
Think about it - an entire day! That's twenty-four hours, equivalent to one thousand four hundred forty minutes, a full eighty-six thousand four hundred seconds! If the number of people they killed was smaller, would they have imposed a ban?
In the eyes of the stationed soldiers, the small island nation was a colony living under their country's wing, their own playground where they could act as they pleased. Although far from home, they could at least disregard local laws and enjoy the treatment of superior beings.
