"The whole event is covered by the grandson of one of the former inhabitants, Kurt Vonnegut. He was there, on the ground. I don't think he particularly enjoyed it."
I didn't know warfare was supposed to be enjoyable. I always though it was about breaking your enemies will to fight. I guess we could have just shouted at them and hoped that worked.
Schizophrenia seems to run in his family so I don't think it was this experience that caused his later emotional problems. Still, his book about the event is worth reading.