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To: Lurker

Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of staff to the President

Under-Secretary of the Navy, Ralph Bard

commander in chief of the U.S. Fleet and chief of Naval Operations, Ernest J. King

Lieutenant General Thomas Handy, Marshall’s deputy chief of staff

General Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, who in July 1945 commanded the U.S. Army Strategic Air Force (USASTAF)


150 posted on 08/06/2008 2:54:34 PM PDT by Romulus ("Ira enim viri iustitiam Dei non operatur")
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To: Romulus
I have a hard time believing that "Tooey" Spaatz ever thought of Hiroshima as a war crime.

Here's a picture of him about to pin the DSC on Paul Tibbets after Operation CENTERBOARD.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

159 posted on 08/06/2008 3:07:20 PM PDT by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
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To: Romulus
Citations, quotes, and sources please.

L

173 posted on 08/06/2008 4:20:17 PM PDT by Lurker (Islam is an insane death cult. Any other aspects are PR to get them within throat-cutting range.)
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