Quinn and Rose D-Day Special (

https://www.youtube.com/ ^

[sneakers]

Quinn's D-Day Special from several years ago. It speaks for itself. Gives me chills every time I listen t it.

God bless all who served then, and serve now. We owe them a huge debt that can never be properly be repaid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgTFftgCkM

[sneakers]

Quinn's D-Day tribute at link

[sneakers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgTFftgCkM

[fatnotlazy]

Thank you!

[sneakers]

Your welcome!

[sneakers]

Duh.

Your = You’re

[fatnotlazy]

Close enough.

I miss Q&R

[Buckeye McFrog]

The new owner of WJAS radio told a local rag yesterday that he will decide “within the next six weeks” whether to stay with the oldies/nostalgia format (dropping some of the really old stuff like Patti Page), or switching to talk.

[fatnotlazy]

Thank you. Would be awesome if WJAS or another local station picked up Q&R. Not hearing them all these months has been a real dowmer.

[jmacusa]

69 years ago today America dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. God Bless America.

[sneakers]

My dad was one of the soldiers in the Philippines waiting to take part in the invasion of Japan. Thank goodness, the Japanese surrendered before that could happen.

The bomb killed many, but SAVED many, many more - on both sides.

[GeronL]

was he still part of the occupation?

[sneakers]

Yep!

[GeronL]

After all that was over the Japanese people must have been the most relieved, all that food, human labor and resources going to the war some of them were literally starving.

I remember a film “Graveyard of the Butterflies” about that

[sneakers]

My dad passed away in 2000. In 2005, my husband and I attended a reunion of the 760th FA Bn - my dad’s battalion. There were only 8 guys there. It was such a priviledge to meet them. They told us that, when they landed, the Japanese people would not come out of their homes because they were told that the Americans would rape and murder and pillage. Eventually, they realized that they were in no danger from the Americans. The guys said that the people protected them from Japanese soldiers and escorted them to the Japanese military bases. The Japanese people were told by the emporer that they had to fight to the death. All the houses were filled with weapons - even sharpened sticks. It would have been a bloodbath if we had invaded. They were only doing what their Emporer wanted.

My dad would have been really happy to talk to my son, who joined the navy and was stationed in Japan for three years.

[jmacusa]

God Bless him. In any discussion I've ever had about the bombings I've never had anyone actually ever say the bombing were a war crime or unnecessary. I've said and still say that if the Japanese had had such a weapon they wouldn't have hesitated a moment to use it. The odd thing is in books and documentaries I've seen over the years it's the Japanese who were civilians at the time who condemn America for using such a weapon but always the Japanese veterans understand without reservation our using such a weapon and have said had they had such a weapon they wouldn't have thought twice about using it.