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1. There is also, of course, the granting of war booty and land to the Soviets with the Potsdam Conference and the rightful concern that defeat of Japan with Russia’s assistance might likewise grant the Soviets vast sea access should Japan also be divided. Let us not forget that the Russian goal is and always has been world domination.

2. I have no problem with the decision to use the atomic bombs to compel Japan to surrender. I had six uncles in the Pacific during WW2, five came back. Had we needed to invade the main islands, I am confident that fewer would have returned. Had we had a usable atomic bomb eighteen months earlier, my sixth uncle might have come home. RIP Paul K. Duncan (1920-1944) PFC USMC.

   1. They were adequately warned. They decided to zealously follow their God-Emperor. They brought it on themselves.

3. My friend Kate, who worked in Japan for two years tells me of a conversation with an old man near Tokyo. He, being a boy during the war and a historian afterward, stated that the atomic bombs saved the Japanese people. His contention was that the militarists had so usurped the government and corrupted the nation’s good judgement, that only the mega-bombs could get them to look clearly at reality.

4. My Father was one of the men that was supposed to fly a B-29 over Japan. I’ve had a few interesting conversations with those that think we shouldn’t have dropped the bomb.

   1. We’d love for you to share some of them…

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