tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post735314701228916631..comments2023-08-15T05:58:12.859-05:00Comments on Wannabe Anglican: “Thank God for the Atom Bomb”Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post-33815222168627288132015-08-08T00:28:08.062-05:002015-08-08T00:28:08.062-05:00In full agreement that an outright invasion of the...In full agreement that an outright invasion of the Home Islands would have resulted in far greater # of casualties than what resulted from the bombs. D-Day would have downright simple in comparison.<br /><br />My only quibble with Truman's decision is that he might have waited another day or two in order to get a better sense of what Japan's reaction to the first one was going to be. They were very close to surrender; Initial reactions were contradictory/inconclusive. But all-in-all... dropping the bombs was a necessary evil, IMHOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post-74676583795441272732015-08-07T09:29:47.457-05:002015-08-07T09:29:47.457-05:00Thank you, Mark. I am the son of a Marine of the 2...Thank you, Mark. I am the son of a Marine of the 2nd Division. He drove a landing craft onto Saipan, and was incredibly blessed to have survived physically unwounded. So many of his friends did not fare so well, and <i>all</i> returned spiritually scarred, my father included. Several of his company ended up settling down to post-war life with him in the same neighborhood, them and their ghosts. One amongst them had been wounded multiple times, patched up, and sent to the front again and again. His suffering never ceased. It wasn't until 1995 that the film footage about Saipan was released, and the full horror revealed. <br /><br />By divine intervention, my father was pulled out of the line boarding the ship for the Okinawa invasion, which is why I sit here and write you. Undoubtedly, he would not have been spared the Japan invasion.<br /><br />The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were horrific, tragic. But they spared the lives of so many innocents, beginning with those boys from small towns in America, many teenagers, who bore zero responsibility for the Japanese Empire's decision to start a Pacific war. <br /><br />I do note that Japan, although capable, has declined to engage in a similar adventure since. <br /><br />I downloaded the essay--thank you for sharing it.<br /><br />OSOldSouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381229263357074199noreply@blogger.com