Ronald S. Killian said: January 15, 2010 7:20 pm PST
My father, Troy L. Killian, entered the U.S. Army as a 19 year old in Feb.1943. He landed in Cherbourg, France shortly after D-Day and fought throughout France,Belgium, and Germany. He was on the way back to the U.S. to prepare for an invasion of Japan when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Thank God Harry Truman made the right decision. Otherwise, many of us might never have been born. My father never talked much about the war. I'm certain it was because he learned firsthand to hate war of any kind.