To: SAMWolf; SandRat
Good Morning, SAM! I'm pinging a friend who has studied this.
Great read...it gives one pause to realize how many of us may not be here today had the bombs not been dropped.
How many of us had fathers or grandfathers scheduled for deployment to Japan in these operations? My father was one such, who may have never come home to be my father.
14 posted on
08/15/2003 7:05:05 AM PDT by
HiJinx
(The Right person, in the Right place, at the Right time...to do His work.)
To: HiJinx
LOL. You beat me to that line of thought.
18 posted on
08/15/2003 7:26:37 AM PDT by
Johnny Gage
(Support BACTERIA - For some people, it's the only culture they have!)
To: HiJinx
Good Morning HiJinx.
This subject definately makes for an interesting "What if..."
22 posted on
08/15/2003 7:39:59 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
(A bird in the hand makes blowing the nose difficult.)
To: HiJinx
One brother and two brothers in law.
25 posted on
08/15/2003 7:42:23 AM PDT by
Valin
(America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.)
To: HiJinx
My father was slated to go in on Coronet, I believe. He'd already been hit on Okinawa, as had 90% of his Marine company, and he knew he was in for it. (He ended up giving 35 years to the USMC, fighting in Korea and three tours in Viet Nam.)
Hurray for the Bomb, for otherwise I wouldn't be here!
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