Napalm Pilot

Referencing a Vietnam pilot forgiven by the girl he bombed with napalm:

Reflecting on the way the incident changed his life, John maintain that forgiveness is "neither earned nor even deserved, but a gift." It is also a mystery. He still can't quite grasp how a short conversation could wipe away a twenty-four-year nightmare.

Source: Johann Christoph Arnold - Why Forgive?, pp.162