As Sherman’s men pushed southeast, they systematically destroyed all manufacturing plants, agricultural infrastructure, and railroads they encountered. A common technique for wrecking the latter was heating railroad rails over fires and twisting them around trees. Known as “Sherman’s Neckties,”
Some 70,000–80,000 people, or some 30% of the population of Hiroshima were killed immediately,[69] and another 70,000 injured.[70] Over 90% of the doctors and 93% of the nurses in Hiroshima were killed or injured—most had been in the downtown area which received the greatest damage.
War is hell.
Stop beating around the bush, and come right out and condemn the Marines like you want to.