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To: Vision
My father was shot at on Guam and Okinawa in 1944 and 1945 and would probably have died in the invasion of Japan if Truman had not used the bombs...so I'm not in favor of any apology. The Japanese need to begin by apologizing to all the other Asian nations they wronged--Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, others.

I knew someone who survived the Bataan Death March and several years as a POW. He just died about a year ago.

42 posted on 05/26/2017 4:37:44 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

That was his best revenge.Outliving his captors.


81 posted on 05/26/2017 4:57:47 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Why-Harry-Truman-Dropped-the-Bomb-on-F3CUS76AVC


118 posted on 05/26/2017 5:56:22 PM PDT by Ambrosia ('If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...., unless it's an imposter!)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Koizumi was the first PM (that I know of) that acknowledged and apologized to China. Haven’t seen that happen since him though :p


177 posted on 05/26/2017 10:10:31 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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