Yeah...I thought they treated the “dropping of the bombs” (nukes) properly though. I had Memorial Day lunch with my next door neighbor - Bill Perry (Georgia boy). He is 88 years old. He was on his way out of boot camp to the West Coast to be involved in the invasion of the Japanese homeland when he got news of the bombs and the surrender.
He said there had been a lot of talk and he expected to get killed...but when he got to Japan...as part of the occupying force...things were OK. He had no problems at all with the Japanese folks (likely due to the Emperor’s pronouncement) He stayed on duty for a year there and was then given a discharge, became an accountant back here in Georgia, got married, and lived a good life.
I’m sure he feels a little bad about those folks who got killed by the “bombs”...but I’m also sure his story is not unique. Lots of folks lives were saved (on both sides) due to Truman’s decision.
Furthermore, the bombs most likely saved Japan from being divided into “Red” Japan and South Japan, like Korea and Germany.
I had uncles, now deceased, that were both in the Euro Theater, got R n R back home and then got orders to eventually board trains out to the West Coast.
They knew exactly where they were going and they made no bones about they were glad the bombs dropped and they didn’t have to deploy....again.
“I’m sure he feels a little bad about those folks who got killed by the “bombs”...but I’m also sure his story is not unique.”
I was 13 when the bombs were dropped and there was great joy and cheering in our Boston neighborhood. We kids all marched down the street banging pots and pans,blowing horns etc. There were many blue and gold stars in neighborhood windows.
Seems terrible now but that’s the way it was.
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