[telescope115]

My Dad was in the 1st Cavalry Division. He wasn’t on the front lines, he was a Technical Sergeant and worked in support of the combat troops. He was in the occupation force after the war, and one story he told was how the Japanese civilians would turn away to “save face” as the US forces drove past them.

One of my Uncles was on Iwo Jima, and made it home.

Another uncle saw fierce fighting on Guadalcanal. His buddy next to him was killed , and he was wounded himself. After he recovered he was sent to fight at Bougainville. He made it home and lived to be 101.

[dadfly]

thanks for your story, brother. as crushing and evil as that war was, i believe God’s hand was in and through all of it. Japan was forever welded by a thermonuclear torch to the heart of America. i’ll remember your dad and brother, they may have fought side by side with mine.