[Angelique]

I definitely will read Sweeney's book.

General Sweeney in an interview I saw stated when asked why he wrote the book said he wanted to make sure the real story was told before the truth was lost.

You triggered a memory of seeing an interview with him where he uttered those very words. It did not connect until now.

I have been doing a little research, and apparently Stimson was calliing the shots. Supposedly, he had already advised Truman to drop the atomic bombs on Japan, but of interest: Stimson later noted in his 1948 memoirs, written with McGeorge Bundy, "Only on the question of the Emperor did Stimson take, in 1945, a conciliatory view; only on this question did he later believe that history might find that the United States, by its delay in stating its position, had prolonged the war." (Stimson & Bundy, "On Active Service in Peace and War" pg. 628-629).

[Joe Boucher]

I don't mean to sound like a pushy guy here but if you are interested in this the best thing I can say to plug the book is that a few days after piloting the mission that dropped the nagasaki bomb, Sweeney and his flight crew were in Tokyo as part of the occupying force wondering to himself what would happen to him if the locals discovered just who he was and what role he had in history.