[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

That is one island that should have NEVER been given back to the Japanese. It cost us too much in blood.

[BradyLS]

That is one island that should have NEVER been given back to the Japanese. It cost us too much in blood.

Bump!

[burzum]

That is one island that should have NEVER been given back to the Japanese. It cost us too much in blood.

Which shows the power of our nation that we could forgive an enemy for such pain and later become friends. Could China do this? Or Russia? Or almost every other country on the planet? The US didn't take Iwo Jima for territory--we took it to defeat the Japanese

It is a difficult thing to forgive ones enemies. They might strike at you again. But it is the right thing to do.