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To: robnhood who wrote (1800)4/5/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 17770
 
That is true- my dad was a bomber in the pacific theatre- he used to say (when asked, because he never volunteered information) that he spent the second half of his war bombing Japanese gardens. The first half he spent as a grunt in the jungles of guadal canal. He transferred mid- war to the air corps.



To: robnhood who wrote (1800)4/6/1999 9:37:00 AM
From: Stephen O  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 17770
 
My understanding is that they were prepared to fight to the last man and an invasion of Japan would have been a disaster for Allied troops. They had already invaded Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima with large losses. The A Bomb made Japan file for unconditional surrender.


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