The Samurai Guy

The Greatest Generation. This is what Americans call the generation that produced the soldiers of World War II and the women who supported them back home. Gods! The idea of a World War still seems impossible to me. Have we not grown weary of violence yet? I know this is a sensitive topic given Japan’s position during the war. Since I traveled beyond this time, there is not much i can say about this. Many lives were lost during this time and for that I cannot make any excuse. Brave Americans and soldiers from many countries died during that war. So did many innocents. So too did many innocent Japanese die in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These wounds run deep on both sides.

For a soldier, for any man who has seen the horrors of battle and war, there is a shared understanding. It changes you in ways that no one who has not been there will ever understand. I myself have had disturbing nightmares of past battles. Do not mistake this for weakness or cowardice, for only a fool does not respect the lessons of war. And only a fool takes a life without regard for the consequences. I honor these brave soldiers for their sacrifice, and I join them in their prayers for lasting peace.