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To: ArtDodger
We had three.

And we were getting the third bomb ready to go when Japan finally decided that life was better then death.

By the time November rolled around we would have had bombs coming off the line pretty steadily and we would have used them.

You have only to visit Shuri Castle in Okinawa to understand why. You will see pegs in the wall about knee and ankle height that what was left after the bombing. And the commander still would not surrender.

39 posted on 08/06/2014 6:25:29 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

And they only surrendered after Hirohito went on the radio and expressed the desire to surrender.

He almost didn’t live to make that broadcast.


40 posted on 08/06/2014 6:26:39 AM PDT by dfwgator
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