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re: FDR was an awful president and MacArthur was an awful general.
Posted on 10/27/21 at 4:00 pm to upgrade
Posted on 10/27/21 at 4:00 pm to upgrade
We can all sit here and armchair quarterback but in listening to my late grandmother who was raising two children, alone, during the Depression, had it not been for FDR and Huey Long, my grandmother and my aunt and daddy would have starved to death.
Those were different times none of us "soft" motherfrickers know anything about.
As to MacArthur, my dad was a Marine fighting in the S. Pacific. He never like Macarthur nor did my grandmother. Grandmother said he got too many boys killed because of his ego. She and my daddy were happy when Truman canned him.
Further, my grandmother would shoot your arse if you said anything about Harry S Truman. She said a zillion times had he not dropped those bombs, my daddy and thousands of other young Marines and soldiers would no doubt have died during invasions of Japan.
So, say what you want, those are opinions of people who lived it.
Those were different times none of us "soft" motherfrickers know anything about.
As to MacArthur, my dad was a Marine fighting in the S. Pacific. He never like Macarthur nor did my grandmother. Grandmother said he got too many boys killed because of his ego. She and my daddy were happy when Truman canned him.
Further, my grandmother would shoot your arse if you said anything about Harry S Truman. She said a zillion times had he not dropped those bombs, my daddy and thousands of other young Marines and soldiers would no doubt have died during invasions of Japan.
So, say what you want, those are opinions of people who lived it.
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Posted on 10/27/21 at 4:16 pm to FreeState
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my daddy and thousands of other young Marines and soldiers would no doubt have died during invasions of Japan.
Not long ago I started to wonder, would a blockade of Japan not have worked?
They needed oil and we could damn sure prevent them from getting it. Did we absolutely have to invade if not for the bombs?
Posted on 10/27/21 at 4:37 pm to FreeState
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She said a zillion times had he not dropped those bombs, my daddy and thousands of other young Marines and soldiers would no doubt have died during invasions of Japan.
I can relate. My daddy was on the second occupation ship into Tokyo. I guess that doesn't mean he would have been on the second ship if there had been an invasion instead of dropping the bombs, but I'm glad Truman made that call. An invasion of the main Japanese islands would have resulted in a huge loss of life.
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