Death To Zombies

When I was researching holidays earlier this year I was shocked to find out that many people believe that Victory Over Japan Day is politically incorrect.  Their arguments don’t seem particularly coherent or integrated.  Mostly they appear to be apologists that think we never should have nuked Japan.  Now I’m more politically moderate than many survivalists but I think that’s a bunch of bullshit.

Japan launched a war of aggression against us and many small neighboring islands in the Pacific because they decided that military glory would be their path to expanding their nation.  We killed 200k-340k with our nuclear bombs.  4 million soldiers and 17 million civilians were killed in the war, this includes numbers from both sides.  More would have died if we had invaded Japan with a land assault.  I count the deaths on both sides because I feel that the guilt of the deaths of their own soldiers lays at the feet of the aggressor in a war.

Do I agree with the Imperialistic government that we had at that time or even with the one that we have today, no.  But I feel absolutely no guilt in celebrating the victory in defeating Japan and shutting down their cruel war.  So with much relish I will celebrate today with a large meal of brats, broccoli salad, corn on the cob, corn bread and baked beans.

I will probably also celebrate by watching some movies about the war in the Pacific theatre.

First up is Tora! Tora! Tora!  I haven’t watched it in years and it’s a great film.

Finally, I’ll watch Midway.  How can you lose with Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston and James Coburn?

Then, because I’m a romantic, I’ll of course enjoy some of Operation Petticoat:

Finally, I’ll celebrate with Midway.  How can you lose with James Coburn, Henry Fonda and Charlton Heston?