I should also say that I grew up knowing about he Bataan Death March, the Japanese POW Camps, and a host of other such things. My father and uncles fought in the Pacific; I have good reason to believe that my father helped liberate one of the Philipine prison camps.

There were terrible things done on all sides, and I have a copy of the letter my father wrote about the dropping of the atomic bombs. He said, "I don't know about the right or wrong of them, but if they will get me back to you [my mother] and my son [me] sooner I approve."