06-27-2005, 09:37 PM
Not too long ago I finished reading, "With The Old Breed," by E.B. Sledge. This guy was a Marine that fought on Peleliu and then Okinawa and later wrote about his experiences there. I am old enough to remember the stories being told in those war years about the ferocity and tenacity of the Japanese; they were real tigers and every inch of territory won from them was paid for, deeply, in lives and in blood, by the troops who were tasked to fight them. If there is anyone out there who still questions the benefits derived from dropping the Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, then I urge you to read Sledge's book. Simply, he tells it like it was - and it was horrific.
Marilyn