In recent years their sons have sought to reinforce the belief of their fathers, once again without taking a serious look at the facts surrounding the decision to drop the bomb and the events leading up to it. To the young soldiers and Marines who were in training or moving to the Pacific when “the bomb” was dropped there was no question-many of them survived the war because Harry Truman “had the guts to drop it.” This belief was burned into their young minds when they heard the news and most never bothered to question whether it was founded on fact. No other event has affected mankind so dramatically, and no other decision is as controversial. Truman, president of the United States and commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces, in the summer of 1945 to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
The most controversial decision of the 20th century-probably in all of history-was the one reportedly made by President Harry S.
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