To: redgolum
Secretary of War Henry Stemson, a Skull and Bones man, took Kyoto off the list because of "its religious significance." Stemson then added the most Christian and most Catholic city in Japan to the list -- Nagasaki.
11 posted on
08/03/2005 1:48:09 PM PDT by
Siobhan
("Whenever you come to save Rome, make all the noise you want." -- Pius XII)
To: redgolum
I should have typed "Stimson" not Stemson.
12 posted on
08/03/2005 1:49:50 PM PDT by
Siobhan
("Whenever you come to save Rome, make all the noise you want." -- Pius XII)
To: Siobhan
Secretary of War Henry Stimson Yep, that is him. Him and his wife spent some time in Kyoto, and fell in love with the shrines there. That is why it got put on the no bomb or nuke list.
Didn't know he was S&B, but that doesn't surprise me.
13 posted on
08/03/2005 2:03:33 PM PDT by
redgolum
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