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As everyone knows, the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This was a crushing blow to America, who declared war on Japan immediately. Whether Roosevelt caused them to bomb, to me, is obvious. He had denied them use of the Panama Canal, ceased selling them scrap metals, strangled their oil imports, and a few other things which caused the Japs to decide to bomb America, which they thought was weak and unable to defend itself. Roosevelt was obviously disgusted with Japan, after they had brutally attacked China less than 4 years previously. "The Rape of Nanking" was shocking, merciless, and deserved retribution. Was it America's job? I don't think so.
Fortunately, America's aircraft carriers were out at sea when the Pearl Harbor bombing took place. America was so outraged at the Pearl Harbor bombing, that plans were made to show just how smart we were. No bomber had ever taken off of an aircraft carrier, and no bombing had taken place over Japan. Plans were made when the USS Hornet's construction was finished. Major Jimmy Doolittle was put in charge of a possible bombing of Japan from the USS Hornet. It was figured that a B-25, launched off of the Hornet, with additional fuel tanks attached, could fly about 2,000 miles. The Hornet would have to be headed into the wind, and all extras on the B-25's would have to be discarded to save weight. Doolittle assembled a crew of 80 volunteer experienced pilots, familiar with the B-25 (I rode in one last summer!) and had 16 – B-25's on board the Hornet. The crews knew that it was a one-way trip, and that they would have to land or crash in China when their fuel ran out. Wonderful, brave guys! What then happened on April 18, 1942, made history. A pretty good 1944 movie, "30 Seconds Over Tokyo," with Spencer Tracy as Doolittle, is well worth a rent.
One by one, the B-25's took off and went in a straight line towards Japan, with each plane given targets to bomb. They flew just a few feet above the water for 650 miles, dropped their bombs and headed to China. They did little damage, but shocked and outraged the Japs, who realized that they could be bombed by America, and it was a great morale boost for America. It was on all the papers, radio shows, and everyone was joyful of Doolittle's raid. Most made it back, but a few of the 80 didn't. Doolittle was injured when his B-25 crashed, but of the 80 crew, about 65 made it back to America to cheers and adulation by the home front. The Japanese, on finding that the Chinese had rescued the downed American pilots, treated the Chinese with terror and brutality similar, if not more tortuous than in 1937.
A couple of months after Doolittle's raid, on June 4th, 1942, began the famous "Battle of Midway," which cost Japan the war, although they didn't realize it. Hitler had lost his war when he attacked Russia in violation of a treaty he had signed with them, having lost over a quarter million troops in the Russian winter. The Japanese lost four aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway, (another pretty good movie), and it was downhill for them for the next three years, although the toll on America's troops was severe. Japan beheaded their American prisoners, and treated them so severely, that many descriptive books and articles have been written about their atrocities. I may have been a kid when this all happened, but I have read about it and talked to vets who suffered from them, and I will NEVER still buy anything with a Japanese name on it. The Germans treated Jews atrociously, but they used prisoners in their factories, and treated prisoners with as much humanity as possible. Much of the hunger and starvation in Germany camps was caused by allied bombing of rail lines, which carried food to the camps, and which food never arrived.
World War Two was the last war America won. Why we still have over 25,000 troops stationed in Okinawa, is a mystery to me and an outrage to the Japanese. That war ended 70 years ago! Korea is still a stalemate with over 25,000 troops needlessly stationed there. Vietnam we lost, with no doubts about it in anyone's mind, and today, Vietnam is a nice place to visit and is prosperous. Iraq is a disaster still happening, as is Afghanistan. More than half of Afghanistan has reverted to the Taliban, lawlessness, cruelty, and warlords. I believe Russian defeat in Afghanistan will be repeated by the U.S. and other fools involved. Recently, a bomb was placed on a Russian plane and blew it up at 31,000 feet. ISIS claims the deed. Is it because the Ruskies are supposedly messing in someone else's business like they did in Afghanistan and were soundly whipped, but are doing it again? Does this possibly mean America is a possible threat from ISIS because we are messing in someone else's business? Namely the Sunnis' thousand year war against the Shiites? Who cares?
Donald Trump has written a new Book, "CRIPPLED AMERICA." I've ordered one and will let you know next week if it's good.