Summer to hiroshima and nagasaki. How did this come about . Ifton it was a long time coming. My son wesley brought home a book about a real little girl living in hiroshima who was two years old when it exploded. She survived the bombing but contracted radiationinduced leukemia nine years later. She followed that if you could fold origami cranes you are granted a wish and hers was to live. It did not work she fulton more than 1000 and died of leukemia and again 55. Died of leukemia in 1955. We finally met at the World Trade Center in may of 2010, and at that point hiro invited me to come to nagasaki and hiroshima. Expectationsve about what this trip would be about . Clifton no. Really e i was just wisht know the word, his broughtcontact was what me. His desire that i come that it would be a good idea is what won me over. It didnt take me much persuading. At that point my expectations were wideopen. Caller was this host was this an official trip . Clifton no official capacity at all. Hos
Of course, allied american cover in particular is far too strong for it, but its kind of their last gasp. The idea is they have to have the American Fleet in a place where they know they can find it. They dont have enough fuel to sail around the ocean. Even if American Power werent an issue. Yes . Also right here they launched 355 kamikazes. Although we did some back and sink the yamato and escort ships as well. Absolutely. The American Navy suffers more deaths at okinawa than they did in their whole previous rest of the pacific war. Now how does that play into the japanese strategy . Got to cause the pain, right . Thats the whole idea. Wear down the american will by causing casualties. Okinawa is almost ideal from the Japanese Point of view. They cause horrific casualties to the American Land forces, the length of the battle forces, American Navy to stay off okinawan waters, especially the kamikazes. But okinawa does fall. And the japanese high command very quickly realizes whats most
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