THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 29, 1995 TAG: 9507280004
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
In reading ``Behind the Bombing of Hiroshima'' (Parade, July 16), I have come to the conclusion that many people were not aware of what the Japanese intended for our military who would have made the invasion and for those already POWs.
The article describes Japanese military papers at the National Archives containing an order sent to the commandants of POW camps across Asia telling them what to do with prisoners if the Allies invaded. It read: ``It is the aim to annihilate them all and not leave any traces.''
This should quiet those who question the use of the bomb on Japan. If they still think it inhumane, then they have no regard for the lives of those American military personnel who fought the war. For what the Japanese are guilty of, we should have no remorse. If the bomb saved one American life, then it was not used in vain.
HAROLD MILGRIM
MCPO, U.S. Navy (ret.)
Virginia Beach, July 20, 1995 by CNB