ocr: - For most Americans, the war always has involved selective consciousness, and now even these memories are tading. : (excerpts from John Dower's "High angle view of book, JAPAN IN the burnt-out city of WAR AND PEACE, Hiratsuka, Japan, after aerial bombardment which p.257.) resulted in the destruction of over 6,000 homes and loss of 200 lives." (caption typed on the back of the US Signal corps photo, 9/9/45) RETURN