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Old 09-03-2008
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Re: The A Bombs Of Japan: necessary ???

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Originally Posted by namvet View Post
no good reason. seems someone higher up in the chain of command disagrees with you. I could put a link in here showing their service. but would it do any good??? would you read it or once again am i wasiting my time. you need to talk to the Marines who were on those shitty islands that were pinned down and getting ripped to pieces. they'll tell you why those BB's were a god send.
..........if you served in Iraq I salute you. I served in Nam. my war's over. this one is yours.
I am sure those Marines would tell you the cruisers and close in destroyers also got the job done. I know the Marines I have spoken with (one was an original flag raiser on Iwo) had high praise for them. Still, we are talking post WW2 here.
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