" I knew that many innocent women and children would die a terrible death"
Flight Lieutenant McCallum
"When we dropped bombs on the villages I knew that many innocent women and children would die a terrible death; they would be burned alive by napalm, maimed, or buried alive. I come from a very religious family and I often thought of my own wife and children back in Massachusetts. I wondered how I would manage to live with the guilt for the rest of my life. The knowledge that God was with me and that our padre had done everything for my soul's salvation was a constant comfort in these terrible times. Even today I could not survive without the certainty my faith gives me."
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