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‘We Hated What We Were Doing’: Veterans Recall Firebombing Japan

March 9, 2020JOHN ISMAYComments Off on ‘We Hated What We Were Doing’: Veterans Recall Firebombing Japan
American airmen who took part in the 1945 firebombing missions grapple with the particular horror they witnessed being inflicted on those below.
Tagged Airlines and Airplanes, Civilian Casualties, Japan, Tokyo (Japan), United States Army, United States Defense and Military Forces, World War II (1939-45)
JOHN ISMAY
https://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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