Revisiting "Operation Downfall" of World War II By Jack L. Key

I read with great interest a column in the Knoxville News-Sentinel on Sunday, November 18, by Robert Stolz concerning my earlier guest column on Gen. Paul Tibbetts, the pilot of the “Enola Gay,” and who passed away recently.  Gen. Tibbets piloted the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945, on Japan in World War II.  Stolz is an assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee.

        My earlier article was meant to be a tribute to Gen. Tibbets rather than a historical examination of the bombing decision by Democratic President Harry Truman.  However, I’ll attempt to clarify some of my recollections and statements that are questioned even in honoring an American Hero of that war.

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