[GATOR NAVY]

I forgot also Kokura and Nagaski are very close, maybe 100 miles or less apart. If the Kokura was the original target, Niigata or even Kyoto are much further away. That could have been a big factor. These guys were probably not keen about the idea of landing back at Tinian with a bomb aboard or jettisoning it in the ocean.

[Angelique]

Thank you for all the information. Although many do not agree with the author, this is history never taught in school, and I was a history major attending an excellent University.