[ex-snook]

I can give you an opinion. I was doing occupation duty in Austria after France and Germany. We were concerned that we would be shipped out to the Pacific. When Truman dropped the bomb the war was over and we come come home. We looked at it as a way to end the war quickly. Nothing more, nothing less. No fancy reasons or second guessing. Ending the war was reason enough.

[RedBeaconNY]

Thanks for your service.

[Clemenza]

A little off topic, I am impressed that a man your age is actually posting on the net! I also thank you for your service.

I seem to remember that you grew up on the Upper West Side when it was an IRISH neighborhood (not the wealthy yuppie enclave it is today).