[reagan_fanatic]

RIP, Paul. Your actions helped avoid a certain bloodbath and could have very well taken my Father, who would have been one of those taking part in a mainland Japan invasion.

You will be missed. God bless you.

[heywoodubuzzoff]

My father was in the Merchant Marine and was prepping a ship for the invasion of Japan. He told me the plan was a) run aground a ship crammed full of infantry, b) discharge infantry, c) try to re-float for a repeat trip; failing that, he was to find some way back to San Francisco to repeat process. The odds of living past step ‘a’ where almost none and they were expecting 80% fatalities. Thanks to Col Tibbets, my dad lived.