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History 202 — United States History From 1877
HI 202 – Work to be done….
Exam Three – 15 APRIL
Book Review Due – 17 APRIL
Article Review Three – Approval – 23 APRIL
Evaluation of Instructor – 29 APRIL
Article Review Three DUE – 1 MAY
FINAL EXAM – Tuesday - 6 MAY@ 8 am
9,486 Purples Hearts
4,000 Bronze Stars
560 Silver Stars
52 DSC
21 Medals of Honor
442nd RCT
Regimental Combat Team
Bataan Death March
Army fights for 3 months
65 mile march to POW/labor camp
Many transferred to labor camps in Japan
Only 25% of original 12,000 US soldiers survive
U-235 “Thin Man”
13 KT HOB = 1, 670
70,000 deaths – blast, initial radiation
118,661 total deaths (12 months)
P-239 “Fat Boy”
22 KT HOB = 1,640 ft
40,000 deaths – blast, initial radiation
73,884 total deaths (12 months)
The Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima, 6 Aug 1945
Nagasaki, 9 Aug 1945
Morality of Using the Atomic Bomb
• 27 July 1943 Hamburg Raid: 50,000
dead
• 13-14 February 1944 Dresden Raid:
80,000 dead
• 9 Mar 1945 Tokyo Raid: 84,000 dead
•Hiroshima Atomic Bomb: 66,000 dead
•Nagasaki Atomic Bomb: 39,000 dead
•Total Japanese bombing casualties (Nov
44-Aug 45): 330,000 dead
Operation Downfall
Operation Coronet – Oct 1945
Operation Olympic – Spring 1946
Estimated US KIA – 109,000 to 800,000
Est. Japanese KIA - 500,000 to 10,000,000
The Atomic Bomb
A question of morality?
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