- Posted April 28, 2025
This episode of America’s Veteran Stories with Kim Munson honors the remarkable heroism of John Chapman, an American patriot…
Welcome to the America’s Veterans Stories podcast.
Kim Monson is your host.
In August of 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Ninety-six year young Col. Bill Rutledge addresses naysayers regarding these actions. After many years, Col. Rutledge had a colleague who shared details of the classified plans for the invasion of Japan. Conservative estimates, if the invasion occurred, were at least 9 million Japanese casualties and 1 million American casualties. This information was critical to Truman as he made the decision to drop the bomb.
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