and British, Aussie, Kiwi lives as well.
Aug 6, 1945: B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay drops "Little Boy" 1st nuclear weapon used in warfare over Hiroshima, Japan saving many US lives
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God bless Paul Tibbets.
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A guy I would later work for was on a troop transport in the pacific heading thataway. Did a big U-turn after the bombs!
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This is disputed, and rejected by the top US generals at that time.
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Can you explain why so many Allied troops were on their way to Far East, other than to invade Japanese mainland?
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not wanting to remember and pray for Japanese citizen victims?
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Japan would have fought to the last man, woman, and child for the Emperor.
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War is war. Saves US lives but civilians are civilians. Hoping history never repeats that.
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Japan would have kept fighting to every last man, woman and child for the Emperor.
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Dad was flying out of Saipan and preparing to be captured, Mum was nursing on Tinian.
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