Photos and Videos

Photos:

This is a photo of the pilots who bombed Nagasaki. The pilot who actually dropped the bomb, name of Charles Donald Albury, died and he represents many of the American soldiers who died for our country while fighting in WWII.

This is a piece of paper of a family's ancestors who went MIA or died in action during WWII. There are probably many more papers out there like this. We certainly didn't want more of these papers and that is one of the reasons that we dropped the atomic bomb.

This is a newspaper saying that the first atomic bomb has been dropped. This ties into my thesis because we tried warning Japan that we were going to drop an atomic bomb on them, but the Japanese didn't listen and kept fighting because it was shameful to go home from a war defeated. So, thus, we dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.

This is a picture of Henry Stimson, one of many guys who was critical in convincing Truman to drop the a-bombs. This ties into my thesis because if Stimson would've of never tried to convince Truman to drop the a-bombs, the war would've of dragged on for a very long time.

This is a letter that Stimson wrote to Truman telling him about how the development of the atomic bomb is going. This letter without a doubt ties into my thesis because the a-bomb helped end the war in the Pacific rapidly. Where would we be today if we had never dropped the a-bomb?

This is a picture of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man who was one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project. This ties into my thesis because just like Stimson, Oppenheimer made the atomic bomb a reality which helped to bring the war to a screeching halt/end.

Videos/Sound Clips:
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This sound file is when Truman announces that America has discovered the atomic bomb and that we will use it to force Japan to surrender. This definitely ties into my thesis because again, where would we be without the a-bomb? We probably wouldn't have of won the war if it wasn't for the a-bomb.

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LiveLeak.com - High Def Atomic Bomb Blast This is a video of the atomic explosion in Hiroshima. This video is great because it shows you just how powerful the atomic bomb really is. This ties into my thesis because not that many people knew what type of insane strength that the atomic bomb was capable of, yet this accomplished us not having to risk even more American lives. hst-potsdam.wav This is a sound file that describes what is said to the Japanese in the Potdam Declaration. Truman is the one talking in this sound file. See, although this is a way out for the Japanese to avoid destruction, the Japanese don't take it. This ties into my thesis because if we didn't drop the a-bombs, the war would of dragged on for who knows how long. http://www.history.com/audio/douglas-macarthur-receives-the-japanese-surrender#douglas-macarthur-receives-the-japanese-surrender This website is a sound file of the Japanese surrendering to the U.S. The reason that I put this one in here is because now everyone in the U.S. can celebrate because the atomic bombs did was it was supposed to do, end the war quickly.