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2018-08-09 -Land of the Free

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 A big FUfor the sell the guilt crowd. We're not even talking Nanking.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-08-09 06:44|| 2018-08-09 06:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's not forget the Jap retreat from Manila and wholesale massacre of civilians there. The troops were cautioned not to waste ammo so there were lots of fires, not unlike their treatment of our POW's in the Phillipines.

Posted by Cesare 2018-08-09 09:11|| 2018-08-09 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Let us pause for a second and discuss the Imperial Japanese military facility at Harbin, Manchuria -- Unit 731. Their Biological Warfare site where they experimented on thousands of prisoners they referred to as 'logs' (!!).

Posted by magpie 2018-08-09 09:46|| 2018-08-09 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 I recommend reading “Flyboys; A True Story of Courage “ by Bradley. It was written after the 50 year secrecy act expired. The history starts with Teddy R. and ends discussing PTSD of some of the survivors. Do you know that all American prisoners were being marched to an extermination camp when the war ended. We need to treat Iran the same way. IMHO

Posted by Deadeye tse Tung8946 2018-08-09 16:40|| 2018-08-09 16:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Just finished 'The Fleet at Flood Tide', Hornfischer, 2016. Definitely recommend, and audio, Pete Larkin, is good.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-08-09 21:13|| 2018-08-09 21:13|| Front Page Top

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