[CrazyIvan]

I remember some lib teacher in high school telling us that all of the crew commit suicide or became drunks from guilt.

[MuttTheHoople]

They probably saved the Japanese race from being wiped from the face of the earth. In 1945, the Japanese were so despised, and Bull Halsey said that the only place Japanese would be spoken "was in hell". They would've fanatically defended their island, the same way they defended Tarawa, Okinawa, and IwoJima.

The A-Bomb got their attention. Also, it prevented the USSR from turning Japan into "North Japan/South Japan".

[amihow]

My father mentored one of those depressed and suicidal men. Americans do not bomb innocents.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Having had the honor of meeting General Tibbets personally, I can happily refute such a ridiculous claim.