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To: docbnj

I refuse to second guess Truman. A relative was onboard a ship headed for the Japanese invasion the same day the first bomb was dropped. His CO lined them up & said, “Look at the man on your right & on your left. Two out of the three of you will die in this invasion. Fight it like your life depends on it; because it does.” When they heard Truman had dropped the bomb; their ship turned around & they went back home. - My Daddy had fought the Germans in N. Africa, Sicily, Italy & at last in Germany. As a hardened combat veteran he would have been sent to Japan.
Japan started something they couldn’t finish. Their leadership should have counted the cost.


43 posted on 08/09/2015 3:51:58 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Twinkie

if they would have gotten pearl harbor with carriers present it may have turned out a lot different.


77 posted on 08/09/2015 5:49:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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