Posted by Bob in N.GA [98.18.128.86] on Saturday, August 08, 2020 at 13:16:12 :
In Reply to: Re: OT - Hiroshima ... posted by Steve in FH [172.92.209.7] on Friday, August 07, 2020 at 13:13:42 :
Having known well, many of those vets who came home from the war--to a man, they knew that they got to come home alive because of Truman's decision.
A personal friend in his book said the common theme amongst Pacific sailors was "The Golden Gate (San Francisco) or the Pearly Gates by Forty-Eight!" They knew the invasion of the Japanese home islands was inevitable.
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