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In reply to the discussion: No Choice: Why Harry Truman Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan [View all]zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)My father tends to believe that if the people had found out that we had that bomb and didn't use it to end the war one day sooner, they would have taken to the streets and drug Truman out and hung him.
By that time, the American people had been on a war footing continuously. Everything was rationed. There were things you just couldn't get at all. Every day there was news of the war. You didn't go to a movie, or read a paper, or listen to the radio without hearing about the war. But worst of all, there were those small banners. They had those banners with the stars on them. Blue, red and worst of all Gold. By the time this bomb was dropped, gold stars were plentiful. Everyone knew someone so to speak. Husbands had been gone for years. The wounded had been coming back for years. The people were tired. Every day meant one more day that people had to worry that the telegram that no one wanted to receive, would come telling you that your father, brother, husband, etc. was dead.
Every, single, day.