"My father-in-law was ordered to surrender to the Japanese while serving in the US Army in the Philippines. He spent almost 4 years of his life as POW. His treatment as well as numerous other prisoners was horrible and inhumane. He spent his remaining years on this earth reliving what his captors did to him. The Japanese people were given notice of what was to come and they choose their path. Our Service men and women were never given a chance. I know the survivors of these two bombs suffered as well as their children and children's children but they choose that path."
My uncle surrendered there too. Died in1944 and is still buried there.