John Birch, Steve Benson and Hiroshima

Is it really a surprise that Steve Benson pushes the idea that we need to apologize for Hiroshima.  Steve's privileged family were enamored with the isolationist John Birch Society, which believed China would be better off ruled by the Japanese, never mind the 20,000,000 dead and counting in 1945 killed by Japan's 3,000,000 strong and undefeated army of occupation.  Steve's privileged family never had to worry about fighting at Iwo Jima and the prospect of continuing the fight on the beaches of Kyushu where the invasion of Japan would start.   When the A-bomb was dropped, my dad was in training to be in the vanguard of the Japan invasion.   My father-in-law was leaving Iwo Jima for the next round.  My Uncle Rob Regan was already preparing the way for the invasion.   How many more of these did Steve want:  photo of Lt. Regan's attack on Japanese cruiser at Kure, Japan, late 1945.