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Owd Bert · 08-08-2005, 17:10

"We appear to have digressed somewhat from the theme of this thread, that of the ethical and strategic case for nuking Japs in 1945. I know that 'Owd Bert does have a personal interest in this because had the US not done so he would have spent the following months and possibly years fighting his way up through the Japanese mainland, with all the risk of injury and death. "

Thanks for mentioning it Tealeaf-- Yes, I was a 22year old out in India, with a girl to come back to. Prospects seemed much rosier when training was halted to tell us the news.

So I am unashamedly biased.

08-08-2005, 17:10	#46
Owd Bert Full Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 312 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 48	Re: Hiroshima on TV "We appear to have digressed somewhat from the theme of this thread, that of the ethical and strategic case for nuking Japs in 1945. I know that 'Owd Bert does have a personal interest in this because had the US not done so he would have spent the following months and possibly years fighting his way up through the Japanese mainland, with all the risk of injury and death. " Thanks for mentioning it Tealeaf-- Yes, I was a 22year old out in India, with a girl to come back to. Prospects seemed much rosier when training was halted to tell us the news. So I am unashamedly biased.