[ Dropping the bombs shortened the war by a year or two, saved 5 - 6 million Japanese lives, and prevented at least one million American casualties, including my father.
Truman made the right decision. ]
My dad was just turning 18 in fall of 1945, he would have been drafted and sent there like several of his older brothers.
Truman may very well have saved my father’s life and mine by the transitive property by dropping those bombs.
My dad was in the Coast Guard during WW II, and was about to start “Landing Craft” school when the war ended.
He probably would have ferried troops from offshore ships to the beach of Japan during a conventional invasion of Japan. A position with a high mortality rate.