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To: whyilovetexas111

My father turned draft age in the fall of ‘45. If no atomic bombs, I’d rate his chances of having been killed in an invasion of Japan at approx. 50-50. My existence is as likely as not owed to Truman, Oppenheimer et al.


6 posted on 08/06/2025 8:31:25 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

My Dad was a non-combatant (ordnance supply and maintenance) in New Guinea and the Philippines. Even so, he might not have survived an invasion of Japan.


36 posted on 08/06/2025 9:15:57 AM PDT by NorthernDancer (“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”)
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To: irishjuggler

My dad was drafted into the navy and was at basic training at Seneca Lake in upstate New York when they dropped the bombs. He was drafted after Germany surrendered so he was heading for the invasion of Japan. He did spend a year after the war in the Aleutian Islands to relive a troop stationed there.


109 posted on 08/06/2025 5:29:41 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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