Joe:
I have to agree with you. It seems they are now treating this as something new and astounding. What the hell? This was always in the works and never a secret. Yes, I'm sure the details and planned actions were, but everyone in the world knew that we were to invade the Japanese mainland. The only thing that stopped this occurence was the guts of our then president Truman.
It sickens me everytime I hear these young brats admonish our men and government for dropping the BIG ONES. God bless them for doing so. They simply have NO comprehension of the Japanese mindset in pre-1946. NONE! They would have fought until the VERY bitter end and my God, we would have lost millions more on both sides. How dare they play Monday morning quarterback and criticize. It is so easy to do 60 years later and with the world in a totally different frame of mind.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"