I used to know a vet who was there. He was up in his 90’s when he passed away. I’m fascinated by history but he was all talked out on that subject (like many another combat vet). Fortunately his wife was able to tell me, and after he died she shared his letters from that time. They were married 70 years.
Getting back to normal and staying that way, is a life’s work by itself.
The neutron bomb would have made it a lot easer. Too bad we didn’t have it then. Drop it and nobody lives to tell about it’s existence.