An uncle, now in his high eighties, was at Iwo Jima.
He doesn't talk about it much. When family members say that the bomb saved lives, expecting reflexive support, he always corrects them: "American lives," he says. He doesn't celebrate anyone's death, even the death of his enemies. He was just glad when it was over, I think, just relieved that the killing would stop.
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Date: 2006-09-18 05:17 pm (UTC)He doesn't talk about it much. When family members say that the bomb saved lives, expecting reflexive support, he always corrects them: "American lives," he says. He doesn't celebrate anyone's death, even the death of his enemies. He was just glad when it was over, I think, just relieved that the killing would stop.