Posted on 09/02/2010 8:46:42 AM PDT by abb
Modern Democrats Deeply Saddened.
For those who say we “won wwii in less time than it took to win in Iraq”, we entered several years late into the war and ended it abruptly with several nuclear bombs.
The Mighty Mo... had the pleasure of visiting her twice.
Just think.... We were TESTING our newly created ‘Atomic Bomb’ just months before then. Hard to imagine a government program moving that fast, certainly considering how things are today...... When we went to test it, they didn’t even know whether or not it would work.
LOL Thanks for this post abb. My brother was born this day, and I almost forgot to send him a HBD email. I’m cheap.
I’ll get on it right now.
Enjoy these victorious memories of America’s Greatest Generation of whom my father, David, veteran of CBI, was a part.
The current Regime and this Congress, IMO, disgraces our heritage; disgraces America’s Greatest Generation who sacrificed for us; and continues to disgrace this nation and future generations of Americans who we owe a free and secure nation.
Mac always had a way with words.
Well, she sure as hell won't be backing the 'We SUPPORT Atomic Bombs War Memorial/Church' a few blocks from Hiroshima's 'ground zero'....
Well, she sure as hell won't be backing the 'We SUPPORT Atomic Bombs War Memorial/Church' a few blocks from Hiroshima's 'ground zero' Peace Park... Somehow liberals would see that as us 'giving the finger' to the Japanese... - double standard and all.
Thank You Harry Truman for dropping the a-bombs that ended the war early thereby saving hundreds of thousands US troops including, my grandfather, not to mention the MILLIONS of Japanese civilians that would have died in an invasion.
How about just a simple monument to General Leslie Groves at Hiroshima. Or one to General Paul Tibbets.
The Tibbets monument could say simply, “Good Shot!” or some such...
Well, they sure don’t look very happy about the whole thing.
But they have only themselves to blame.
A great day to commemorate! To all those fallen American Heroes our eternal gratitude! To all those who fought, who fought and died and their families who gave so much our eternal gratitude! God Bless you all!
I totally agree! Given all of the info I’ve watched and read on it, the entire thing was nearly a miracle, given the speed at which they developed everything, especially considering our technology of the time. We sure as hell were a ‘different country’ back then....
Google books has a complete archive of all the Life magazines. A few weeks ago I looked up the issue that covered the dropping of the bombs and this ceremony. Two things stood out to me when I read through the articles and the pictures. It stated clearly that there was no exchange of any salutes between any of the Japanese and the allies before or after the signing of the documents. And then as the Japanese delegation was leaving, a photo showed that the military companies that were assembled were at ease and talking among themselves and completely ignored the enemy as they left the ship. This enemy was completely dishonored and humiliated-and that was a good thing. If anyone is interested in looking at the magazine in the archives I think the issue was in September but a week or two after September 2.
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