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Comment by Lewis Goldberg on August 14, 2008 at 6:26pm

My father in law was earmarked for Olympic, so were the bomb not dropped, I wouldn't have my wonderful wife.

Comment by Bill Speer on August 12, 2008 at 10:22am

"The Allies may have well killed more Japanese attacking the Japanese home islands with conventional forces than what happened with the WMDs used."

The fire bombing of Japanese cities did far more damage and killed far more people than the H-bomb did. I was born in 1950 and as a small child we used to drop rocks or spit on bugs and stuff. We would always say, "Bombs over Tokyo!" The bombing of Japan was, imho, the only way to bring the war to a successful conclusion without an invasion and over a million more American causalities.

Comment by Skip Franklin on August 10, 2008 at 4:24pm

The Allies may have well killed more Japanese attacking the Japanese home islands with conventional forces than what happened with the WMDs used. Many of the civlians were being trained to attack the Allied soldiers with any means possible. This would have made all Japanese subject to rifle and artillery fire. The loss of life would have been horrendous. Hopefully one day someone smarter than me can truly answer the question concerning the dropping of these terrible weapons as puny as they are to what is available today.

Comment by John Buck on August 9, 2008 at 10:40am

My dad joined the USN as the war in Europe ended. I sure if the war draged on in the Pacific the USS Portsmouth CL-102 would have been sent from the Med to the Pacific. So I for one am glad of the atomic bombs use. After reading three fictional acounts of the invasion of Japan, I believe even if the landing on Kyushu (Olympic) had ended the war the navy would have taken a lot of heavy hits from the suicide units.

Comment by Mike O'Brien on August 9, 2008 at 2:43am

I am glad for you father and the hundreds of thousands and possibly more people on both sides who were saved by the use of the bombs. The Japanese try and claim some moral superiority because they are the only nation to suffer an atomic bomb attack. Of course, they tortured civilians and used chemical and biological weapons but that's different. The bomb is the only thing that kept the Cold War from turning hot. Thank ghod for the bomb!