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C6). Gar Alperovitz states that the chief villain was Harry Truman (Kagan 17). He is wrong. Truman made the most difficult decision of any man this century. Some say it was the wrong decision. Those people are mistaken. Truman, who should be commended for his decision, ended the war and saved the lives of thousands who would have died trying to take over Japan. It has been over fifty years since the day Hiroshima, Japan, turned upside down. The atomic bomb was created to serve one purpose. On August 6, 1945, that purpose was shown in an instant that will never be forgotten. Harry Truman was responsible for saving the lives of the Americans who would have had to invade. He was also conscious of the Japanese who would have died in battle for their homeland. The atomic bomb was

Harry Truman?s weapon, and he did what he thought was right. The war ended, and the killing stopped. In the time that has followed, this kind of killing has never been repeated. The bombing may have been cruel, but it ended a greater, longer cruelty. 6af Butow, Robert J.C. ?Japan?s Decision to Surrender.? Stanford University Press 1954: 1-3. ?Celebrating V-J Day.? National Review 28 Aug. 1995: 12-14. Kagan, Donald. ?Why America Dropped the Bomb.? Military History 1 Sep. 1995: 17. Kifner, John. ?Atom Bomb Debate Refuses to Die.? New York Times 5 Feb. 1995: C6. Maddox, Robert James. ?Weapons For Victory: The Hiroshima Decision Fifty Years After.? University of Missouri Press 1995: 1. Ruane, Michael E. ?Enola Gay Controversy Typifies Split Between Preatomic Ages.?

Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service 3 Feb. 1995: CD Searchbank. Tice, D.J. ?Smithsonian?s Enola Gay Controversy Showed Difficulty of Facing War?s Harsh Lessons.? Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service 2 Feb. 1995: CD Searchbank.