[colorado tanker]

Okinawa was one long and tough campaign. It was the first time our troops captured territory considered part of Japan proper inhabited by large numbers of Japanese civilians.

The people who say we shouldn't have dropped the bombs need to study Okinawa because it was a preview of the horrors that would have happened if we had to invade the home islands.

[jazusamo]

Absolutely agree, many more would have perished on both sides had we invaded the homeland.

The human rights activists that use the two A-bombs to advance their activism are nuts.

[stylin19a]

More people died as a direct & indirect result of the Battle of Okinawa, than died from 2 A-bombs.