VJ Day: The Forgotten War

newstatesman ^ | Aug 15 | By David Reynolds

[real saxophonist]

My dad commanded an LCT on Utah Beach. Later, he was XO of an LST, heading for the Pacific to prepare for the invasion of Japan.

They were somewhere around the Panama Canal when the war ended.

[Inyo-Mono]

My brother lived in Japan for 8 years. He talked often about how wonderful and pleasant the country and people were. As a reader of military history and familiar with Japanese atrocity's and treatment of “others” I finally told him they are nice now because we forced them to be nice, anything wonderful about them now is do to being Americanized. He did not appreciate that.

My son was stationed in Japan a few years ago while serving in the Navy, he didn’t believe me when I told him about the atrocities committed by the Japanese’s during WWII. My late Father who fought Japan in WWII was an eyewitness to it.

[SuperLuminal]

"I had two uncles in the Pacific."

My brother and I had a father who joined the USMC in February 1942 and did not get home to the U.S. until December 1945...

[RandallFlagg]

And Godzilla. Can’t forget about Godzilla.
Hell, Godzilla is a byproduct of American ingenuity with nuclear warfare.

[central_va]

It’s good the japs surrendered in 45 because they were rapidly catching up technology wise.

[onona]

Politics and ego. Just like every other war we have seen, read about, and lived through.

[minnesota_bound]

#20 They look to be too rugged plus about 2,000 miles to Tokyo.
https://tinyurl.com/tr7wkmu6

[DuncanWaring]

Do you have any idea what Aleutian weather looks like?