Reflection on the bomb; Area WWII vets say use of atomic weapons allowed them to 'grow up'

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | August 7, 2005| | Copyright

FARLEY, Iowa - Having survived the hell of battle for Iwo Jima, Ben Colson's next destination was Tokyo. He rated his chances of survival as minimal.

President Harry Truman intervened, however. Truman authorized the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, prompting Japan's unconditional surrender and ending World War II.

Had the war not ended, Colson's U.S. Marine 4th Division would have participated in the invasion. It was estimated American casualties could have climbed to 1 million.

"They told us that our next one was going to be Tokyo and that it ...

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