THE WINTER 2023 COVER STORY by Ja mes Scott [“Night Terrors”] made me angr y. It wasn’t a history lesson; it was Mr. Scott ’s opinion of a tactic used to defeat a ruthless enemy. I suggest Mr. Scott read about the Rape of Nanking or the Bataan Death March. I am a World War II veteran, 99 years old. I was a Hu mp pilot and foug ht the Japanese in Burma and China. At the time, if a bomb could have destroyed the entire island of Japan and all its inhabitants, every American would have rushed to pull the trig ger. You had to be there. Robert Moore St. Petersburg, Florida
I’ve always felt that Curtis LeMay ’s f irebombing campaign was a war crime, and after reading your informative article, I still do. While it is understa ndable that he would adopt f irebombing
