ered. We danced. We celebrated" (p.21). His actions were justified by feeling that he "helped free the world from Hitler's reign of terror" (p.21).
             It was not until years later Berrigan began to see himself, being just as guilty and unjust for his actions as compared to those who served under Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. "I realized that while I considered Adolf Eichmann a war criminal and despised him for participating in the holocaust, we had a few things in common" (p.23). Like him Berrigan felt he was only following orders and sane enough to do duty and did it well. They both believed that wars were fought for noble reasons; "... we are both true believers one a mask murderer, the other a killer on the small scale" (p.23-24).
             Like World War II Berrgan supported the initial actions of those leaders such as John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps, not knowing that his "macho posting brought us to the brink of nuclear war..." while he was also greatly responsible for pursuing action in Vietnam. (p.62-63) Berrigan supported the dropping of the "Little Boy" on Hiroshima and the "Fat Man" on Nagasaki; not knowing until years later that the Japanese were going to surrender before President Truman ordered the attack. Yet, there was no similarity in his views on both wars.
             It became apparent through his actions, unlike WWII, Berrigan greatly opposed the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. He felt remorse for the woman and children dying in Vietnam, killed by American soldiers and air strikes. Making an attempt to destroy draft cards and pouring his own and those who joined him blood over "licenses to kill human beings," in a customs house in Baltimore (p.79). At a draft board in Catonsville, MD along with several others again, he carried hundreds of draft records into a parking lot using napalm to burn them to the ground, only waiting around not to protest but ...