"I simply do not understand how any of the Vets can forgive them. I would never own a Japanese made car."
My dad was on Okinawa and came back with an abiding hatred of anything Japanese. It wasn't until I was grown that he softened up somewhat and didn't curse the television during war movies.
My father did not come back. KIA by a Japanese Oscar in Pacific. I will not soften. I don't hate the Japanese because as the poster up-thread states, I can't blame the next generation but I would like to see some recognition and acknowledgment that it was wrong as to the atrocities done by their peoples. Instead, I hear how horrible we were to drop the bomb. I say tough-$hit. It should have been dropped sooner. Further, our own country let the majority of those responsible for the war crimes off. Now, look at what is going on today--the old U.S. of A. gets no free pass--ever.