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To: jstassis

I'm here typing this because we dropped the bombs on Japan. My father was a Marine who barely survived the battle of Okinawa and was in the process of training for the invasion of Tokyo Bay when the war ended. US military planners assumed 100% casualties for the first wave, which happened to be my dad's wave.


7 posted on 08/02/2005 8:46:01 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("The right to bear weapons is the right to be free." A. E. Van Vogt)
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To: jalisco555

Glad you're here!

God bless your Dad.

I already posted my views on the article.


14 posted on 08/02/2005 8:49:23 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: jalisco555

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.


17 posted on 08/02/2005 8:51:27 AM PDT by jjmcgo
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