Julius A. Lockett: The US was ready to drop toxic chemical bombs on Japan, and African American soldiers played a key role in the preparations Edwin S. Seabury: “Hump” flights to China were complex and important. Lt. Seabury helped make them safer and more efficient. Lewis A. Wakefield: A first-hand account of how and why the US dropped 5,800 mustard-filled bombs into Ironbottom Sound near the coast of Guadalcanal.