craig7 · 70-79, M
@peterlee The Battle of Okinawa,with about 100,000 dead in just over 2 months,was a grim preview of what the Allies could expect in an invasion of Japan's main home islands,which was projected for November 1945.The level of resistance encountered on Okinawa was a big factor in the huge decision taken in late July.
bijouxbroussard · F
AthrillatheHunt · 56-60, M
Hoover
KunsanVeteran · M
I cannot rank the greatest President per se as I feel several would be strong candidates. Their degree of Greatness is strongly influenced by the difficulties, world & national events that occurred during their times in office.
Truman was, in my mind, one of the greatest.
OTOH, I look at GWB as having been screwed by 911 and subsequently falling far down in any such rating.
Truman was, in my mind, one of the greatest.
OTOH, I look at GWB as having been screwed by 911 and subsequently falling far down in any such rating.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
HumanEarth · F
Andrew Jackson is the only U.S. president who opposed the creation and continuation of the Bank of the United States (often described as centralized banking) and that expired in 1836. Then in Federal Reserve Act, signed by President Woodrow Wilson, which created the Federal Reserve in 1913
AthrillatheHunt · 56-60, M
@HumanEarth stonewall
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
But what did he do to bring down the price of Gasoline or reduce taxes on the rich? Thats the problem. What makes a President great shifts with the times. But he was certainly the right man for his time and place..😷
TexChik · F
Nope
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KunsanVeteran · M
Of interest: the grandson of BRIGADIER GENERAL PAUL W. TIBBETS JR was a friend and colleague of mine in the Air Force.
General Tibbets is best known as the captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
I never spoke with my colleague about his grandfather and I regret that because I would have liked to know the impact that mission had on him from the POV of a close family member.
General Tibbets is best known as the captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
I never spoke with my colleague about his grandfather and I regret that because I would have liked to know the impact that mission had on him from the POV of a close family member.
peterlee · M
@KunsanVeteran The project was well advanced when Truman took over.
OverTheHill · 61-69, M