[namvolunteer]

Thank God for the A-bomb. My father was bombing Iwo Jima and Okinowa and waiting to bomb Japan. He was certainly going to die in the first few days.
Instead, he lived to see six children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren

[Salvation]

You may want to read this book

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3324283/posts?page=8#8

The first part is about all those attacks.

[onedoug]

The A-bombings saved many thousands of lives, both American and Japanese, as well as having put the world on notice as to what these weapons could actually do, wherein it would have otherwise remained theoretical, possibly leading to an even larger nuclear conflagration later.

Thanks to your dad for his service, and by your screen name, thanks too for yours.

[virgil]

My dad too. He was in the Philippines in the army. He went to Japan anyway, after they surrendered. While in Japan, he was a guard at a prison for Japanese soldiers. They called him “Honorable Pusher”. He brought home 2 Japanese rifles, a helmet, a rubber chemical suit and some percussion caps. These were given to him as souvenirs when the army was cleaning out the Japanese armories.