War's End Quotes

“Japan holds steadfast to the fiction that it did nothing wrong, that it was trapped by circumstances—the theme struck by Hirohito on August 15, 1945, and, unfortunately, perpetuated by some historians in 1995.”
― Charles W. Sweeney, War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission

“Not a word of remorse for the inhumanity inflicted during their conquest and occupation of most of Asia. Not a word of apology for the misery and suffering the emperor’s military forces had spread across the Pacific and Asia. Not a mention of the navy men lying in a metal tomb on the bottom of Pearl Harbor. The emperor had stopped the fighting to save civilization. Even as he spoke, prisoners of war were being tormented and executed by units of the Japanese armed forces.”
― Charles W. Sweeney, War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission

“We were ordinary men called upon to execute a dangerous mission whose outcome was far from certain. The only thing that was certain at that point was that the aggressor would not surrender.”
― Charles W. Sweeney, War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission