Marines And Renegades

In December of 1945 on Guam two Japanese soldiers attempted to surrender to a patrol of Marines. The Marines assuming them to be armed shot and killed them. Another Japanese soldier witnessed the incident from the jungle. He flees and his previous assessment of the Americans as treacherous is enhanced. His zeal for retribution becomes ingrained in his psyche. In September of 1946 four Marines on a routine patrol seeking out renegade Japanese seen stealing from one of the out lying villages are ambushed and killed by the thieves. One of the participants is the zealous Japanese soldier. The incident brings about a chain of events that leaves the reader wondering who the true renegades’ are -the Marines or the Japanese?