I wonder how many people who protest aginst our dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan would be here today if those bombs were not dropped.
I probably wouldn’t be here.
My Dad always stated that Truman saved his life by ordering the bombs dropped. He felt he would have been killed in the invasion of Japan. After fighting in France and Germany his infantry division was in the states training for the invasion of Japan.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=5894
Why Truman Dropped the Bomb
From the August 8, 2005 issue: Sixty years after Hiroshima, we now have the secret intercepts that shaped his decision.
by Richard B. Frank