33.B) Truman and the Bomb, an interview with D.M. Giangreco

"16 hours ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima ... It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East" - President Harry S. Truman, Aug. 6, 1945, in his announcement of the first atomic attack in world history ~~~ When Harry S. Truman unexpectedly became president on April 12, 1945, the United States was still in the midst of World War II - ...