[MEG33]

A great story of those who make the Purple Heart and other medals.Having all the old Purple Hearts left from WW2 because we did not have to invade Japan may help those who don't approve of our A bombing Japan see the losses we expected with an invasion.

[SandRat]

Having all the old Purple Hearts left from WW2 because we did not have to invade Japan may help those who don't approve of our A bombing Japan see the losses we expected with an invasion.

Maybe, but probably not.

When my son was in H.S. one of the first things that they discussed in class was the dropping of the A-Bombs and was it right. Well, he listened to the class run their mouths and finally had his fill. He asked if any of them knew what Operation Olympic was, what the total US military, Japanese military, Japanese Civilian casualties were anticipated to be for just the first wave. He pointed out that after 4 long years the folks that calculated those numbers had gotten (yuck) very good at it and gave the numbers for each category. He then asked the class how many had grandfathers in the War in the Pacific Theater. It turned out to the very ones who sounded off the loudest that it was wrong. He then shocked the class by stating "Well if they hadn't dropped the Bombs you would not have been here and given your naivety it probably would have been a good thing!"

[pfflier]

That is a GREAT point. The revisionists will find that hard to distort.