Very nice obituary...
I too subscribe to the theory that ‘the bomb’ actually saved many lives. It is also quite clear that if he and the full team hadn’t been the first to develop ‘the bomb’, there would have been hell to pay. Germany, Japan, Russia? No thanks.
As for the t.p. installation, it’s my take that over allows your hands to come into less contact with the wall. For the times when more than one application is needed, it’s more sanitary not to come into contact with the wall at all.
Thanks for letting us read the interesting information about your uncle.
Very nice.
We are indebted to him IMO.
“I too subscribe to the theory that the bombs saved lives’. How well I recall my days on Leyte as a newly arrived infantry replacement. We had heard about the bombs but we were still being processed for the coming invasion of Japan. My brother had been killed on Okinawa and I can say I was damned angry as well as being very naive about the cost for going into Japan. However, the day I was in a short line for new equipment a Lt. comes out and tells us to go back to our tents and wait for new orders, the shooting was over. I spent many months on Leyte and saw the remnants of war in Jap prisoners and dead bodies bulldozed into large piles in the rice paddies. I really was glad the bombs did what they were intended for and thank the people who made them work.