And of those 20K prisoners, I bet a good number found administrative jobs under the new Japanese regime. Read up on how the US ensured 'freedom and democracy' in Japan by stifling the Japanese Communist party. I mean, yeah, heck, we used Nazi scientists to help jumpstart our rocket programs, y'know? But that's a whole 'nother thread...

Like I said, I can't balance the morality of it. It's too big, and let's face it – WW2 was an intenese period constructed of intense situations. And I'm not sure what 'apologies' mean in that context...