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On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:09:25 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2016-02-14 13:28:06 +0000, Charles Lindbergh said:

On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:22:10 -0700, Old Geezerr
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:45:51 -0500, JB Mentzer
wrote:

For those who don't recognize this B-29's tail icon or nose art:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bockscar

Infamous among the famous.

* JB *

On 1/17/16 12:34 PM, wrote:

Too bad you weren't one of the GI's getting ready for the invasion
of Japan


Agreed, the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan helped to save a lot of
Allied lives.

They also saved Japanese lives in a nation with a population heading
toward a national suicide. Ultimately they paved the way to a new Japan.

The atomic bombs were one variable in the formula that brought the
Japanese war to an end. IMHO, the Russian's invading Manchuria with a
million men was far more convincing for the Japanese.