[From article]
"'Back in World War II,' Hanks said, 'we viewed the Japanese as "yellow, slant-eyed dogs" that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different.'[. . .]
it now seems incredible that an America that was half-armed in 1941 defeated Japan and utterly destroyed the idea of Japanese militarism in less than four years — a feat attributable in large part to the amazing courage and expertise of American soldiers."
http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson040110.html
April 1, 2010
Remembering the Pacific War
Today marks the 65th anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa.
National Review Online
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