#2. Bush was not captured. As I recall from the book, he was rescued by a flying boat. His gunner was KIA.
Also many US captured pilots were either shot on the spot or reportedly put in chains tied to cement blocks, etc and thrown off of Jap ships or subs.
Never apologize for Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
My father got his 3rd Purple Heart on Iwo. Payback’s a bitch and it was our twin bitches who ended the war and actually saved a potential million military and civilian lives, including friends of mine who were sailing towards Japan for the final invasion.
Do you really think Japanese mariners kept piles of cement blocks on board their subs?
Bush was rescued by a submarine. The U.S.S. Finback.
Long thought that August 6-9 should be celebrated as Gratitude Day in Japan.
Because of all the Japanese were spared complete annihilation that an American naval shelling and bombing would have caused.
The pathetic remnant of the JIN would have been sent to the bottom with a follow on of every carrier in the Pacific fleet unleashing a relentless hell on their islands. No need for any any invasion.
Should have left just a smoking ruin as a latter day Carthage, a stark reminder to all that would have rocked even Stalin back on his heels, not to mention Mousie Dung who had no navy nor air force.