People should know how World War II really ended

[christiefan915]

Everybody knows how i feel about bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki and we've talked about this subject several times, but here's a letter from a guy who was there.

"Twice recently Post-Gazette opinions said except for the atomic bomb, it would have been necessary to invade Japan. That is not true.

On Aug. 15, 1945, I dropped bombs that helped destroy Japan’s last oil refinery. That day, 10,000 airmen in 808 B-29s and other planes dropped bombs on various targets in Japan. The Japanese surrendered before we got back to our base.

Being a bombardier myself, I have no opinion about the atomic bomb. But I do wish that people knew how World War II really ended. I was there.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion...orld-War-II-really-ended/stories/201604250024

 

[Thrasymachus]

The timing almost makes me wonder if we knew about their plans to drop a plague bomb on California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cherry_Blossoms_at_Night

 

[Legion Troll]

The timing almost makes me wonder if we knew about their plans to drop a plague bomb on California.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cherry_Blossoms_at_Night

If they'd gotten your parents, it would have been worth it.

 

[tsuke]

people say japanese would have surrendered without them. Id like to remind people that japanese were nuked once then given a couple of days to surrender. I think the fact that they didnt as well as their stand on okinawa showed their resolve. It took the second nuke for them to give up.

One nuke wasnt enough.

Feel free to deny it.

 

[Airstrip One]

I just wish we could have developed one before the Krauts surrendered.