I’m speechless; I was one of the guys in the 11th Abn Div who was waiting on Okinawa for the go ahead to jump on the Emperors Parade Ground in Tokyo. I recall that word filtered down from Gen Mac that many of us would not see home again. Naturally, we knew nothing of what is contained in this writing. Then late one night Okinawa exploded with noise and fireworks and finally someone said that a nuclear bomb had been dropped on a city in Japan. My reaction was, what is that? Thanks to Harry T who made the decision that he did I was able to live to this day in 2009 having raised a large family. I am still glad to be alive.