tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post427112933234496890..comments2023-07-04T10:09:25.824-07:00Comments on The World War II Letters of William Wellington Taylor, Jr.: About the Planned Invasion of JapanGreg Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01409962933357676885noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post-14310842340992376202010-05-30T11:47:37.234-07:002010-05-30T11:47:37.234-07:00Dear Greg, that's very kind of you. His name ...Dear Greg, that's very kind of you. His name was Joseph Reise. His body was buried at the National Cemetary in Hawaii. Lizcharlieboy chronicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948295416417329568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post-88596102210965918152010-05-22T17:45:42.163-07:002010-05-22T17:45:42.163-07:00Some historians and journalists assert that the fi...Some historians and journalists assert that the final decision to use nuclear weapons was motivated by 1) a desire to steal the march on the Soviets in the post-war domination of Japan, and 2) racism on the part of President Truman. This is all speculation and is not supported by the hard evidence cited in Greg's post. The U.S. would do anything to avoid having to invade Japan including destroy two cities or more.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885277626153324891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889963722674899878.post-84562086660034975922010-05-22T16:41:06.999-07:002010-05-22T16:41:06.999-07:00Ed.note: Much of the material for this post comes ...Ed.note: Much of the material for this post comes directly from the Holiday 2003 Newsletter of the 100th. Infantry Division Association. My thanks to John Day for providing this to me and to all the members of the Association particularly Mr. Robert Tessmer who submitted the article.Greg Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409962933357676885noreply@blogger.com