Big Brother
2007-08-07 14:53:16
I had the occasion to work with an architect that was on board a US Navy destroyer as an Ensign that was near the vicinity during the summer of 1945. They were there in preparation for the possible invasion of Japan later that summer. I asked him once who he thought the best president of the United States ever was and he lifted his right hand and extending his index finger he said, “one, Harry S. Truman – he dropped the bomb and saved my life.” He went on to say how it was his understanding that they were expecting 1,000,000 casualties on the allied end. I also knew a former B-29 Superfortress pilot (now deceased) that expressed similar feelings of gratitude towards President Truman.
