| By the summer of 1945, |
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| the Allies are tearing Japan
to shreds. |
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| We’d scatter
in all directions |
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| and shout, "they’re coming!" |
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| A ground invasion
seems imminent. |
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| The largest amphibious assault
in human history. |
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| We knew the beaches, |
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| we knew the order of battle. |
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| But one bomb... |
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| changes everything. |
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| People just sat,
catching fire. |
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| Some memories will never fade. |
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| I experienced
the collapse of our nation. |
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| And no survivors
will ever forget. |
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| My mother thought
I had been killed. |
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| Hear the voices |
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| and feel the fight. |
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| We were
going up in daylight |
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| and dropping leaflets that said, |
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| "We advise you
to evacuate your town |
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| because we’re coming up here
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock |
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