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but I was stationed in Okinawa. The Okinawans have not forgt what happened there an have been trying to push the U.S. out for decades. That's why they are sending all the Marines to Guam now. Everyone including MacAruthur knew if we invaded mainland Japanit would have been a blood bath for everyone so he recommended nuclear strike to Washington. He was a believer in absolute victory and the Japanes were not afraid to fight to the last man. The bombs were actually intended for Germany but by that point Germany had already surrendered. MacArthur wanted to nuke China and Korea too during the Korean War and that proposal the President at the time (can't remember who) fired him and threatend to throw him in prison. A lot of people think Iwo Jima was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific, when in reality Tarawa was. I am a Marine, so I research a lot WWII history.