This was in 1995. As I recall, it was the 50 year anniversary of the end of the war, and my dad made headlines on the local paper, I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was something like: "NAVAL VETERAN DEFENDS USE OF A-BOMB, SAYS WE SHOULD HAVE DROPPED MORE"
No joke. Heh, later, when he read the paper and a few quotes from people who didn't like what he had to say, he said he meant every word of it, too.
Sigh. He only had a few more years left after that, but they were good ones. How I miss him.