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From: Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.com>
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Subject: Re: 034 - USAF Museum - Boeing B-29 Superfortress.jpg - 034 - USAF Museum - Boeing B-29 Superfortress.jpg
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On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:09:25 -0800, Savageduck
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>On 2016-02-14 13:28:06 +0000, Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.com> said:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:22:10 -0700, Old Geezerr <dpspahr@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:45:51 -0500, JB Mentzer
>>> <newsbot0323@zekedev.com> 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, frank@thehowards.ca 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.
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