Originally Posted by
Comancheria
Flying into Tokyo from the East, you see a long, curving beach—at least 20 miles long. When our plane flew over it, a chill went up my spine—that was the beach McArthur had assigned himself for the landing. Bloodbath.
Check out what they Japan did in Singapore and Nanking.
My mother was a liberal Democrat until her death at 93. But she and her twin sister were standing on the Arizona Memorial with their husbands when a group of Japanese tourists came aboard, laughing and taking pictures. My aunt said something appropriate to their behavior and they looked over
“Be quiet, Sister—they understand us,” my Mom said.
My aunt replied: “I don’t give a damn, Sister—I’ve hated them since 1941 and I hate them now.”
I’m sure these folks were good people—but their inappropriate laughter would not have been tolerated if American tourists were whooping it up and hurrahing in front of the Hiroshima memorial.