. ♪ salvaging wrecked trucks had a maintenance battalion area on okinawa. are sents and motors to the shops for complete reconditioning. the motors are placed on a conveyor where the subassembly is removed. they are checked to determine the extent of the repair necessary. a steam jenny is used to give them a thorough cleaning. various parts are then removed and carried to individual engine stands where the mechanics work on them. the valve assemblies are removed and the blocks placed on stands where cylinders are machine honed. worn parts are replaced and where possible, all parts are reconditioned and used again. the reconditioned motors are given a test shakedown before being put to work again. also on okinawa, m4 tanks are equipped with a modified personnel mine. -- replaces the detonator type igniter used on the original m2- -- m2. tose have been devised prevent suicidal attacks by enemy personnel. rackets to hold the mines are welded on the tank turret. the wiring system inside the tank furnishes the electrical connection between the brackets and centr

salvaging wrecked trucks at a maintenance battalion on okinawa. the trucks are swift and motors are sent to the shops for complete reconditioning. the motors are first placed on a conveyer where the sub assembly is removed and then checked to determine the extent of the repair necessary. a steam jenny is used to give them a thorough cleaning. various parts are then removed and carried to individual engine stands where the mechanics work on them. the valve assemblies are removed and the blocks placed on stands where the cylinders are machine honed. worn parts are replaced and where possible all parts are reconditioned and used again. the reconditioned motors are given a test shakedown before being put to work again. also on okinawa m-4 tanks are equipped with a modified m-2 a-1 antipersonnel mine. a part from a bazooka rocket is used for the igniter. these antipersonnel mines have been devised to protect combat vehicles against close or suicidal attack by enemy personnel. brackets to hold the mines are welded on the tank turrett. the wiring system

projectiles, 28 1/2" long and weighing 51 pounds on okinawa by 105th infantry regiment. this is the motor base plate and grid. the six position openings or offset orifices giving stabilizing. one short and seven long sticks of dark brown powder. each stick has a lodge tud national preparation. unscrewing the motor body from the warhead. the rocket's aerial burst fuse is in effect a powder delay train allowing the projectile to travel 2,000 to 3,000 yards before detonation of the main charge, which is housed in this warhead motor adapter. the warhead body is a one-piece steel cylinder with welded nose and contains a metal canister filled with 62 metal encased incendiary pellets. runing the length of the cylinder and centrally located is a small burster tube containing five acid pellets. testing one of the sticks of propellant by igniting the smokeless powder. demonstrating the assembly of the incendiary canister, a label contained in the rocket motor of a captured projectile refers to the incendiary power as special compound. the pellets are easily ignited. rockets are te

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now, the system has brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to the south of okinawa region. there was record heavy rainfall. over 100 millimeters fell in three hours. the next target is going to be the eastern areas of china. hagupit is packing gusts of 180 kilometers per hour. as a typhoon, it'll likely make landfall on the coast by tonight. it will likely move along the east coast of china towards the north, and it will likely transform to a low pressure system and will likely move over the korean peninsula and then northern japan as we go into the latter part of this week. the yancey river basin has record heavy rainfall since june. additional rain will worsen the situation. across the korean peninsula, during the weekend, we saw heavy rainfall, too. take a look at this video from the capital city of south korea. torrential rain in most of south kor korea, leaving six people dead and several others missing over the weekend. seoul had more than 300 millimeters of rainfall. it is more than a montnth's wor of rain. nuke numerous landslides have occurred. roads and areas have

also on okinawa. and for tanks or modified with an and for anti-aircraft. -- these anti personal minds have been devised to protect combat vehicles against suicidal attacks by enemy personal. rocket brackets to hold mines welded on the tank turret. a wiring system inside the tank to paula finishes electrical connection between the mine rockets in the central switch which controls firing of the mind. each bracket has an electrical contact point and one against which the mine is fitted when placed in the bracket. inside the steel tube of the and one is a 60 millimeter mortar projectile filled with tnt. propels the tnt a project in the six feet. casualties within ten yards of the blast. lieutenant general john hodge is, and tenth army officers are her available at the field tests of the modified and. one -- and center shrapnel rocket. projectiles of this type approximately 28 inches long, weighing 51 pounds were found in okinawa 14 june members of the hundred fit in the jury budget. being removed from th

they returned to okinawa would frank was still a boy. but he left for the states and lived in california until inducted in the army. while frank was landing on oka now as a u.s. soldier, his family was fleeing in terror. his father now leads him into the hills for family reunion. it takes place were many natives took shelter from battle. frank poses with his family. his mother died in the states, but many relatives, including a grandmother come on hand to greet the american soldier. he meets his younger brother. a seven-year-old nephew happily shares the limelight with his american uncle. with frank in the patrol, they lead the isolated retreat. there is a new quarters for the family and frank reportedly is submitting a request for a dependency allotment. whether this will be granted is subject to decision from official sources. (music) >> prime movers transport the tube and base for the mortor, little david. a 12 foot pit is dug with timber flooring for the base assembly and to distribute the firing load. a 12 degrees slope serves as th

military base in okinawa, japan. five years ago, the school started teaching its students about the battle of okinawa. these class are taught by who believes it's important to know the history you livive in. her family survived, but many other people hiding in island caves lost their lives. >> but if my family won't survive, i wouldn't be able to be standing here. >> when these two families are fighting against each other in your house, how would that make you feel? >> upset. >> bringing the tragic story to live, shimojo wants the children to put themselelves in t the sh of those caught there. the school learned of a disturbing event. vandals attacked a memorial from the war. the site honors victims of a mass suicide at one of the caves. seeing the destruction, shimojo put out a call on social media asking for help to make new paper cranes. people around the world responded. shimojo says the incident was an opportunity for her students to listen more closely to the storories of the people of okinawa. >> t the importa

for okinawa, the peak will be overnight monday into tuesday. we'll be looking at record-breaking, strong winds. gusts could be, again, 250 kilometers per hour. that is a record for some places. also, waves are going to be up to 13 meters. plus, storm surge. that could lead to coastal inundation and an additional 600 millimeters of rain are in the forecast. it could cause many toppled trees, and several houses could be destroyed by the storm. >>> protests continue across the u.s. against racism and police brutality. one of the flash points is in portland, oregon, with presidedt donald tmpmp and his democratic val j j bidenen trading insults over how the situation is bein handleled. violence erurupted on satuturda. demonstratators clashed with trp supporters, who traveled to the city in a 600-vehicle caravan. one man was shot dead. some media outlets are reporting the victim was wearing a hat bearing the symbol of a far right group. trump is blaming portland's mayor for allowing the death and destruction of his city. trump abuse eccused biden of

it took us 82 days of continuous fighting to take okinawa. kamikaze attacks on our navy took a heavy toll, but we fought back, never letting up. >> all the military might of the united states would now be concentrated on the japanese homeland. a tough job lay ahead. a job that would take man and equipment. our entire military strength was now aimed at the one remaining axis partner. our military planners estimated that in an all-out assault on japan itself, our invasion forces would probably suffer a million and a half casualties. but a new and terrifying force had come into the world which was to prevent those million and a half casualties, the atomic bomb. two of these awesome weapons dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki brought japan to her knees. on the second of september 1945, japanese officials signed the articles of formal surrender in tokyo bay. the formal surrender by the japanese on the second of september, 1945, marked the end of the shooting in world war ii. it was a momentous historic event. but there was one other that followed wh

we needed to get back to okinawa. i had 14 aircraft crews, working different angles, what ship is heading back that way so we can get home? we were sailing back to the island on the uss okinowa. i am in the lead aircraft, the rotors are turning, everything is good, i can see on the horizon the silhouette of the island coming up. at that time, as some of you know, i had a girlfriend there and was eager to get back. all of a sudden, as i'm sitting there, the ship does one of these hard 90 degree turns and another 90 degree turn and i'm yelling to the crew chief, take the chains off. do something, we have to get off the ship. we immediately got the shutdown signal. a thing happened were a bunch of people had taken a u.s. freighter -- that is a whole other story -- but we could not get back to okinawa. we were forced to hang out at the pool at qb point for 30 days. [laughter] san miguel was $.25 and a san miguel hot dog was another $.25. i can't begin to tell you how many hotdogs and beers i had for those 30 days. nobody

it took is 82 days of continuous fighting to take okinawa. kamikaze attacks on our navy took a heavy toll. but we fought back, never letting up. >>> all the military might of the united states would now be concentrated on the japanese homeland. a tough job lay ahead, a job that would take men and equipment. our entire military strength was now aimed at the one remaining axis partner. our military planners estimated that in an all-out assault on japan itself, our invasion forces would probably suffer 1.5 million casualties. but a new and terrifying force had come into the world, which was to prevent those million and a half casualties -- the atomic bomb. two of these awesome weapons dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki brought japan to her knees. on the 2nd of september, 1945, japanese officials signed the articles of formal surrender on the battleship of "uss missouri" in tokyo bay. the formal surrender by the japanese on the 2nd of september, 1945, marked the end of the shooting in world war 2nd. it was a momentous, historic event. there was on

in order for us to put every effort into combat in the coronavirus okinawa will issue a state of emergency but the commander of u.s. forces says it has nothing to do with that basis there has been absolutely no connection and has been proven to show that. there has been any spread from a coster's on the bases to the local community there are many elements the major power to the virus the government launched a travel campaign last week to revive the tourism industry that prompted the world health organization to call the campaign ill timed with fears the government was choosing business over health cover 19 is also the disease the primary kills elderly people japan has the world's oldest population. in tokyo the kabuki theater fell for doing what they can to ensure safety. with an elaborate costumes the make up as well as a pop warm hearted drama many see the dance of as a chance to forget at least for a while about the boring. outside nor about the manly. debate is continuing in the u.s. over what financial assistance should be given to people who've lost their jobs politicians are holding

it will take a couple days to get close to okinawa. we just got writ of bavi, now another system in your direction. we're talking high winds along with high waves that's going to start picking up late sunday and then into monday and tuesday. this storm is expected to become a very strong typhoon. get ready for this particular storm. it's going to make its presence known by early next week. again, rain from the korean peninsula toward eastern china as we go through saturday. down through the southeastern areas of the united states, we have laura that caused real problems to louisiana and arkansas, now drifting into the eastern areas of the deep south. it's going to interact with a front toward the north. moisture is going to bring the enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms. be on the lookout for that. south and west it's going to be dry and hot to look at on friday. talking about highs into the 40s for las vegas and phoenix before we start to cool down just a tad by the weekend. hope you have a good day wherever you are. >>> that craps

distancing rules they're still in place after what's being called an explosive spread in the region of okinawa in japan a state of emergency has been declared there tokyo's governor has warned she may follow suit if he has seen a record number of daily infections for the 3rd straight day or dare i gather is a very religious to lecture at lancaster university in the u.k. and he says the rush to produce a covert 19 vaccine could mean that an effective result is still far from such actions take a long time to develop and if you go back to the last pandemic that made the news in a big which was either via spiking 2016 and we still don't have a surprise that's ready for what we used to the some some of the early promising results and complications of rules should be sainted if we define a cyst which is your vital storms are a difficult subject to develop vaccines against and we have a problems with other flu viruses flu virus vaccines and passed with corona virus accedes we've never tried to develop a vaccine to immunise humans against coronaviruses there are some and move axes that have been devel

new infections in okinawa dropped to zero and schools reopened. uehara received a request to address this junior high school. she usually speaks in school halls, but this time, to avoid crowowding, she used the pa system. she wasn't able to see the students face-to-face, but that didn't detract from the power of her message. she talked about the time she and her younger siblings fled the u.s. attacks by crawling into a cave. >> transnslator: it was dark ininside t the cave. there were about 200 people huddled together in there and they were all being very quiet. then the four of us arrived, and my 7-month-old brother was scared, so we started to cry. somebody said make him be quiet. i tried to comfort him, but he wouldn't stop. the more i tried, the more he sobbed. his screams were echoing around the cave. then some people said, you can't stay. get out, leave. it was the voices of people we knew, old ladies and mothers. they used t to be so kind. >> reporter: uehara wanted the students to think about how the horrors of war climate changed people,

distancing rules are still in place and after what's being called an explosive spread in the region of okinawa in japan a state of emergency has been declared there tokyo's governor has warned she may follow suit and the city has seen a record number of daily infections for the 3rd straight day. well the dairy gatherer as a viral or just an lecturer at lancaster university in the u.k. he says the rush to produce a cave in 1900 could mean that in fact the result is still far from subtle paxson to take a long time to develop and if you go back to the last pandemic that made the news in the big we're true which was either via spiking 2016 and we still don't have a surprise that's ready for what we used to the some some of the early promising results and in complications of rules should be saying that if i assist which is your vital storms are a difficult subject to develop vaccines against and we have a problems with other flu viruses flu virus vaccines and passed with corona virus accedes we've never tried to develop a vaccine to immunise humans against coronaviruses that are some and move axiom

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okinawa? >> yes. okinawa. it was a little hard to get used to. the mosquitoes and the heat. after a while, i was out in the street and the young man named daily. it was a sunday. the bell rang. the whistles blew. we were summoned to attend a meeting. it was announced on loudspeaker that a war had become begun and korea. we were going to immediately exercise in the field, taking combat training. >> what was your unit at the time? >> i was within 29th infantry regiment. my company commander was alexander. one time i was training with a person named james and a couple of others who were bright, capable people by the way. he was very helpful. he was helpful in helping people. reading maps. interrogating prisoners. we had these training cycles that we were going through in okinawa. >> water? >> no thank you. not right now, but pretty soon. k >> you are leading, scouting, patrolling and seeing what is ahead of you. it's intelligence. >> very dangerous. >> it was. james, my buddy tony and others went ahead with that. of course i ran into jim and tony later on in combat. that is ano

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i said we had a tremendous typhoon on ok in a ma with a -- in okinawa in that month. i said what would have done for the invasion? he said it would have destroyed the invasion. he says, i know the winds were over 150 miles an hour. destroyed everything on okinawa. and there was no way that their invading fleet would survive. he says, in fact, general acarthur sent bill to japan to check out the area. he was the nirs american -- first american in japan after the atom bombs. he said the destruction was unbelievable. but what they had waiting for us, he says, was unbelievable, too. he said they had submarines. two-man subsequent. all kinds of fortfications. the civilians were all armed to their teeth waiting for the americans to invade. host: thanks for your call. mr. daniel. guest: i have heard similar stories. i'm not familiar with the typhoon that william mentioned. those are stories that i heard so from survivors that although they were -- some of them, of course, that feel that japan was defeated and that it was only a matter of weeks, months, days before they surre

an outbreak of the japanese island of okinawa is on the japanese island of offical canal is being blamed on us so upset by the force commander says there's no evidence of transmission to the local community the bottom line is that our procedures for u.s. forces japan are stringent they are effective and while we have seen a growth in cases in a couple of our bases those have been managed they have been contained and there has been absolutely no connection to that has been proven to show that there has been any spread from the the costers on the bases to the local community michael payne is the president of the gets a news agency in tokyo he says there's been an explosion in cases. the rise in covert making cases across the country has been kind of steady for some weeks and it just hasn't and that trend upward trend has just continued on and on and now we're getting into more crisis levels in the case of open now as specifically the there is concern that perhaps the reason why it's hitting that island particularly strongly is because u.s. forces particularly u.s. marines have been able to

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that was an essential role in places like okinawa. the heroism of the japanese american soldiers who went down to the caves and negotiated directly with japanese forces trying to encourage them to surrender had enormous personal risk. that's one of the great stories about the pacific war that's not as familiar to people. >> to jean and maryland, good morning. >> i was 12 years old when we declared war on the japanese. i was the youngest of five children. my three brothers and sister were all in active duty in the military. two reasons, we laughed truman's decision. my two brothers at the time just before the invasion were in combat. two of them were combat men in the navy. one was in the navy. i will never forget how my mother was absolutely terrified every time the telephone rang for about the last four months of the war. a second reason and this one is more personal, this i cannot forget about the japanese. i'm sorry but the way they treated prisoners. my sister was a naval nurse at chelsea naval hospital. she wanted to stay in the

confirmed more than 1,500 new coronavirus cases on friday, that includes record highs in osaka and okinawa, which saw 255 and 100 infections respectively. so far, more than 46,000 cases have been confirmed across the country, more than 1,000 people have died. >>> three more countries ratified the u.n. treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons on thursday. the 75th anniversary of the u.s. atomic bombing of hiroshima. ireland, nigeria, and the small island nation of nuee bring the total ratifications to 43 of the 50 reqequired for the pact t to take effect. the irish representatative to t u.n. said rivalries between nucleaear-armed states are increasing the risks posed by the weapons. >> ireland will use every opportunity to reiterate that nuclear weapons are inhumane, indiscriminate, and beyond any possible legal use. >> e eye near ju's u.n.. representative saiaid natations vesting totomuch in apapons of mass destrucuction. >> governments should bee directing scarcee resources int programs that preserve and protect human health and well-being. >> the 2007 treaty prohibits the development

my dad was a medic in okinawa during world war ii. there who havele leprosy. i was proud of what my dad did during world war ii. i am ashamed of what my country did by introducing this terrible weapon to the world. the fact is, there were people in hiroshima and nagasaki who were instantly vaporized when the bomb was dropped. fleshwere people whose was burned off their bones. i read one account that said people walked around silently right after this happened, believing that they had died and gone to hell. this is the order of nuclear weapons. if we go to today, our nuclear weapons are hundreds of times more powerful than those original bombs, and we could destroy this entire planet very quickly if we did not kill all life immediately. everyone, everything would die after the nuclear winter from radiation, from the dust clouds that would lock out the sun. could i say one more thing? host: sure, go ahead. caller: it may sound crazy to say we should ban nuclear weapons, but how insane is it to maintain these weapons? i would like to ask your guest, how do you fe

the battle of okinawa was the bloodiestonflict on janese soil. over 200,000eople di, most themivilians auarter o prefture's popution perhed. one woma who lived through the tragedy is determined not to let the pandemic stop her from spreading her message of peace. >> reporter: this woman was nine years old when it ravaged her homeland. the conflict claimed the lives of her father and brother. she's spent decades sharing subpoena experiences with younger generations. but this year has been different. from february, the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of her lectures. >> translator: i was very disappointed when i lost the chance to speak. i was really looking forward to it. >> in may, the situation improved. new infections in okinawa dropped to zero and schools reopened. she received a request to address this junior high school. she spepeaks at s school halls, ththis time to avoid crowding, e used the p.a. system. she wasn't able to see the students face to face, but that didn't detract from the power of her message. she talked about th

i said, we had a tremendous typhoon on okinawa in that month. i said, what would it have done to the invasion? he said, it would have destroyed the invasion. he says, i know the winds were over 150-miles-an-hour, destroyed everything on okinawa. and there was no way that the innervating fleet would survive. and he says, in fact, general mcarthur sent bill eli to japan to check out the area. he was the first american in japan after the atom bombs, and he said the destruction was unbelievable. but what they had waiting for us, he says, was unbelievable too. he said, they had submarines, two-man subs. they had all kinds of fortifications. the civilians were all armed to their teeth waiting for the americans to invade. >> william, thanks for your call. mr. daniel. >> that's -- i've heard similar stories. i'm not familiar with the typhoon that william mentioned. but those are stories that i heard also from survivors, that although they were some of them of course that feel that japan was defeated and that it was only a matter of -- i don't know -- we

and it was an essential role in places like okinawa. the heroism of the japanese american soldiers who went down into caves and negotiated directly with japanese forces trying to encourage them to surrender, at enormous personal risk. that's one of the great stories about the pacific war. it's not as familiar to people. >> to gene in buoy, maryland. good morning. on our line for vets and families. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. i was 12 years old when we declared war on the japanese. i was the youngest of five children. my three brothers and sister all were in active duty in the military. for two reasons, one personal and one family, we loved truman's decision. my two brothers at the time, just before the invasion, my two brothers were in combat, two were in combat in the navy in the pacific. both had close calls with death, and my mother knew. i'll never forget how my mother was absolutely terrified every time the telephone rang for about the last four months of the war. a second reason, and this is more personal for myself, this i

she shot down nine enemy aircraft before at okinawa. she was finally hit and badly damaged by a japanese kamikaze suicide plane. following repair she was given the top-secret mission of taking key components of the first atomic bomb from the united states to the b-29 bomber base on tinny island. she did so in record time. only a few days later, she had her encounter with i-58 in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. there were numerous lessons learned from this tragedy that have been incorporated into operational procedures of the u.s. navy even today. if there is a lesson from the survivors, it is never, ever give up. thank you. >> on behalf of every sailor, marine and civilian in the department of the navy serving today, i send our thanks and appreciation to the brave veterans of "uss indianapolis" and to your families for your record of service and sacrifice. from pearl harbor to the final days of world war ii, you and your shipmates, as part of our greatest generation, completed mission after mission, taking the fight to

my dad was a medic in okinawa during world war ii. there who havele leprosy. i was proud of what my dad did during world war ii. i am ashamed of what my country did by introducing this terrible weapon to the world. the fact is, there were people in hiroshima and nagasaki who were instantly vaporized when the bomb was dropped. fleshwere people whose was burned off their bones. i read one account that said people walked around silently right after this happened, believing that they had died and gone to hell. this is the order of nuclear weapons. if we go to today, our nuclear weapons are hundreds of times more powerful than those original bombs, and we could destroy this entire planet very quickly if we did not kill all life immediately. everyone, everything would die after the nuclear winter from radiation, from the dust clouds that would lock out the sun. could i say one more thing? host: sure, go ahead. caller: it may sound crazy to say we should ban nuclear weapons, but how insane is it to maintain these weapons? i would like to ask your guest, how do you fe

they even drove their planes into our ships in okinawa. they were the very first cruise missiles. we are in a war right now where on nagasakidropped are firecrackers compared to what we have now. firecrackers -- there is enough firepower that competes with all of world war ii. we are in a situation where the world is really going into a position where one of these days it's going to be bad news and i don't know if i'm going to be alive when it happens, but i really think the scriptures predict what's called a great tribulation and you can be rest assured, we are all going to go -- hillary clinton wrote the book what happened. there you go. to send us awant text, 202-748-8003. in portland, why was it very to drop two bombs on populated areas. would it not have been sufficient to show we have the capability by dropping the bombs on relatively on populated areas. a question for ian toll. jodey sends us this. my parents took a selfie at the center of impact as they called it back then, not ground zero when america occupied japan. connecticut,from criminal, genocidal. these were civili

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during the battle of yolk that with -- okinawa, the end of the second world war, yonabaru was reduced to ashes. the first thing residents revised was this great tug-of-war contest. >> it's the evening o of the 26 day after the new moon. the great tug-of-war is the next day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our next festival takes place on jusan-ya, the 13th night, just before the full moon. since a full moon will soon appear, it's considered especially auspicious. we're in the town of shioya, north of tokyo. children are walking in the moonlight on jusan-ya of october. they're carrying bundles of straw. >> the children are casting an odd spell while striking the ground. this is to rouse the spirits of the earth and make them chase the pests out of the fields. >> having them do this is supposed to ensure a rich harvest the following year. >> for the children's mighty incantation, the adults give them some sweets, a modest reward. it is a different kind of o-tsuki-mi custom that's only done in this town. however, the number of children in the town is decreasing, and the energy of the festival is fad

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indefatigable was a fleet aircraft carrier sent to attackjapan and her territories, first sumatra, then okinawa. we sailed on rough seas in enemy waters. we carried out attacking flying missions crewed by some of the bravest young men you could ever meet. this country owes them a great debt. 0n the 1st of april we were the first royal navy ship to be hit by a kamikaze attack. i was positioned in the gun turret and unable to see it, but the sounds and smells around me portrayed the chaos and destruction above. the smell of cordite still lives with me. strangely we felt safe. the commanders were tenacious, and we stuck together. often we thanked the workers of the shipyards who forged our decks of steel. today, i am so glad of the memories with my hms indefatigable shipmates, and of our time serving the royal navy and our country. we are here to remember all those who cannot be with us. you have not been forgotten and never will. ladies and gentlemen, those who are able please be upstanding as the nation comes together to remember those who did not return, and gave their futures for the lives we

i'm in okinawa veteran and was trained to go to japan in the invasion. worse, i never had to go because there was instability. for those who criticize truman, go to the families of people, american g.i.'s you were saved from invading japan and certain death and tell them that truman did the wrong thing. i know you don't have the guts to do that. thank you, mr. frank, for your book. it's very informative. -- host: mr. frank, mr.history been fair to truman? in his decisions in this? guest: in my view, no. he famously said he did not sleep on the decision and comments like that. if you go through everything he , heally said, in his mind had the area in two compartments. one was, did i make the best decision and he always believed if you really understood all the alternatives, he made what secretary stimson called "the least abhorrent choice." the alternatives were worse. but truman was never in different -- indifferent to the depths of the japanese his order had caused. shortly after your shema, we -- shortly after hiroshima, we intercept this message. and

it was the day before okinawa was invaded. the kamikaze's struck the indianapolis. nine men were killed. they went into dry docks to repair this. and that was the first domino that sent the ship into the mission of carrying components for the atomic bomb. when the ship was in dry dock, san francisco area, this gentleman went home and visited his wife who was very pregnant at the time. he was able to spend a bit of time with her. three days after, he was recalled back to the ship when his leave ended. earl jr. was then born. so there is the letters between earl and his wife, earl senior and his wife. and he was able to receive some pictures right before the final mission where they had just delivered components of the bomb and were then going to prepare for the invasion of japan. so he received photographs of young oral who was born prematurely. he ran around the ship showing everybody his brand new son. those kinds of things, we like to incorporate into the story. and we wanted you to get to know these men in a way that we were privileged to in the years of intervie

in marchefore okinawa 1945, okinawa was invaded and the, because he struck the indianapolis. nine men were killed and they went into dry docks to repair this and that was the first domino that sent the ship into the mission of carrying components for the atomic bomb. so when the ship was in dry dock, this gentleman went home and visited his wife who is very pregnant at the time. he was able to spend a little time with her. three days after he was recalled back to the ship when his leave ended, earl junior was born. there is a letter between earl able towife and he was receive some pictures where they delivered components of the bomb. they were preparing for the invasion of japan. he received photographs of a earl who was born prematurely and ran around carrying the ship showing everyone about how excited he was about his brand-new son. those kinds of things we like to incorporate into the story and the firsthand account. we wanted to get you to know these men in the ways we were privileged to in the years of interviews. it is a look through the lens of these men at what was t

and so those perspectives, firsthand accounts of what was taking place between okinawa and they were at the front of the picket lines. so they were viewing distance from these invasions and witnessing what was happening at that time. and so we wanted to go back to that. we also went back to the letters, correspondence between husbands and wives or girlfriends and sailors as they were writing and forth on the ship and their love stories and what was happening on the home front. there was a gentleman by lieutenant commander earl henry who was the dentist. and he had gone home-of there was a kamikaze attack in march of 1945, the day before okinawa was invaded. and the kamikaze struck the "indianapolis", nine men were killed. and they went into dry docks to repair it. and that was the first domino that sent the ship into the mission of carrying components for the atomic bomble. and so when the ship was in dry dock in the san francisco area, this gentleman went home and visited his wife who was very pregnant at the time. and was able to spend a little time with her, but three day after he