You too? My dad flew fighter escorts for the bombers and he was on Okinawa too, expecting to die in the first attacks.
This is not an unhappy anniversary, today is the celebration of breaking the back of the Japanese bid for world domination.
I will now definitely celebrate this tonight. I might decorate my house. F**k the Globe.
My dad had survived Iwo Jim (navy) and was at Saipan when he got the word. His letter to my mother at that point was one sentence; Japan Has Surrendered!! I am coming home!! Underlined and in capitals.