Today and also on August 9, seventy-three years ago, two bombs were dropped on Japan, that caused Japan to Unconditionally surrender, and end World War Two. An estimate half a million American soldiers lives were spared, and several million Japanese civilian lives were also spared, had an amphibious invasion of Japan been carried out. I commend Harry Truman for giving "the go." I commend the THOUSANDS of people involved in the planning, training, and executing of the two missions. There were A LOT of "men on the ground" that worked day and night to see to it, that these two missions were successful. Of note, Nagasaki was the secondary target on August 9. Kokura Japan was supposed to get the second bomb, "Fatman." Three passes were made over the city, but because of cloud cover and smog, visibility was bad, and the decision was made to proceed on to Nagasaki. MM