[Mark17]

I think it was a horrible thing, to nuc Japan. But, what was the alternative? My mom had 3 brothers, who were Marines, waiting off shore. I don’t know, what their opinions were. I just know they were glad they survived into the 1980s.
Here is another issue. I believe the Germans and Japanese, were both working on nuclear weapons. I think there is no doubt, the Germans and Japanese certainly would have used them, if they had them first.

[Mark17]

Ping to 165. My dad was also in the Army in WW2. His brother, the one he named me after, was in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a radio operator, who arrived in the Philippines in November of 1941. Then, that bad thing happened on December 7th, 1941. Unfortunately, he was captured by the Japanese, and died of malaria, on the infamous Bataan death march. He was originally buried in the Cabanatuan cemetery, in the Philippines, but after war, he was reburied in Arlington National Cemetery. My grandfather insisted on that.
I have never been to the American Memorial in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija province, but one of my friends went there, and he saw my uncle’s name on the memorial. A sad moment for sure.

[Secret Agent Man]

Its been proven germany and japan were also working on nukes. We made ours first. Imagine the world if we hadn’t. It staved off the totalitarian new world order for 80 years, it would have happened right there instead under a german/japan (and then probably just german after awhile) new world order.