I understand what is happening here, though truly, isn’t there another way to start out this article, News-Gazette?
Their online version expands to:
Those Who Served: WWII sailor ‘so thankful for the atom bombs’
The print version, however:
We are well aware of the shock-factor and analog click-bait at play here with this kind of quote, but let’s have some decency. With all due respect to Morris Hecker, Navy veteran of WWII, let’s remember that millions of people were killed in the process.
Most certainly, many lives were lost on both sides of this war — and Hecker’s bravery is not to be unnoticed. This isn’t on him, it’s on News-Gazette.