Ask Mr. Alton Frost of Wortham Texas if he thought it was necessary. He had flown 95 combat missions as a USMC fighter pilot.
I had the privilege of shaking his hand at the WWII museum on New Orleans this past May. His thought was that President Obama should come and visit the museum before apologizing to the Japanese.
And since my father was a Pacific theater veteran I’m kind of glad we didn’t wait either.
I was born in Wortham..God bless Alton Frost and your father.
It was necessary to drop the bomb..It saved a lot of lives in the end..theirs and ours.
C.A. Frost, is my great Uncle. His story is fascinating. I am 30 years old and have served in the Navy as a hospital corpsman since 2001. We had a Frost family reunion in Wortham in 2006. Alton had never spoken about his tour of duty with any of the children or grandchildren. My granddad, his older brother, had said that he had been shot down in Japan but none of us knew the story behind it. Until, that reunion. He knew I’d become a corpsman and had just returned from the Philippines where he served for a time. My father, 30 years deceased, has a cousin that brought up the fact that Alton had never told any of us his story. He described his failed ordnance drop and his decision as a order following Marine to turn about and attempt his ordnance drop again. His wing man was too nervous and did not turn about with him. That made him nervous and he sped forward to release without climbing back to the proper altitude to avoid ground to air attacks. His ordnance dropped and hit his target but it was too late, he was fired upon and had to crash land. He said he radioed his position, dismantled his radio, an waited for the Japanese to either capture him or kill him. He said he remembers being able to hear them talking just over the surrounding hills. However, they never attempted to take him. Several hours later he was picked up and returned to report to his Navy Capt. It’s a true honor to have relation to Uncle Bugs, as we call him. His service motivated my father, a few of my second cousins, and myself to serve this great nation. I’ve served in Iraq and I can say this, almost every politician in the last 20 years is in dyer need of a history lesson. Especially before apologizing to a nation that committed such hideous atrocities a Japan did during that time. We need a president that has at least served this country knowing that their life good be taken away in sacrifice for the freedoms we exercise, and for their brothers and sisters in arms.