I watched what little was on the news about his passing. They showed an interview with him in which he stated that he had no regrets because the bombs saved the lives of untold thousands of men that would have been lost if the war had continued. He said he didn't have any trouble getting to sleep at night. He felt that he had done his duty. I can understand why others involved had problems dealing with the aftermath.
I seriously don't think the creators of the bombs or our government even knew exactly what they were unleashing, as evidenced by the soldiers sent into the radioactive rubble to have their lives shortened by exposure to the radiation. Hopefully what was unleashed there will never be forgotten or repeated.
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