Interesting article. My late father also served as a staff sergeant in the South Pacific and was stationed on Tinian at the time the bombs were brought there before their final delivery to Hirohito. He said the bombs were under constant guard and it was clear they were possible game changers. He also said he likely would not have made it home had we not used them.
John Wheeler’s lament that the bombs weren’t developed and used sooner is right on the money and similar tactics would have saved many lives in the wars since WWII...and those yet to come.
“Interesting article. My late father also served as a staff sergeant in the South Pacific and was stationed on Tinian at the time the bombs were brought there”
Tinian was also the site of the world’s largest military hospital, being built in preparation for the invasion of the Japanese home islands.
Not that i glory in bloodshed, as i do not, but what if Patton had his way against Russia?