Very cool. Both of our dads in the same place on the other side of the world 80 years ago doing the same thing. Without the A-bomb drop they would...
My dad was actually sitting in the ship offshore waiting for the invasion order. He ended up going ashore as the occupying force after the surrender.
My dad was just finishing his first semester as a freshman at UF on that day. He took all his belongings back home to Tampa for Christmas break...
