[Ryzorian]

For me, and I realize they may sound strange comeing from an American who's also ex army, I consider those who died at those two citites heros. Before we have an uproar, consider this.

The expected loss of life for the American forces from the direct invasion of Japan, wich was planed to take place in 1946, was roughly 1,000,000 with Japanese losses between 3 and 5 million. These were conservitive estimates based on previous battles. However, after occupation the US planers discovered how fierce Japan's defense of thier homeland would have been. To double or even triple those estimates would not have been unreasonable.

The horrific destruction of those two cities ended the war, and prevented the loss of untold millions from both sides. There are alot of people here today, in both Japan and America, who would not be, if not for those innocent people's sacrifice.

They died saveing the lives of millions, from both sides. Isn't that the definition of the word hero?