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    The document discusses the student's research project on whether governments have a responsibility to protect soldiers even if it means actions against humanity. The student, whose grandfather fought against Japan in WWII, researched the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Sources included books, Truman's memoir, and New York Times articles from 1945. The student concluded governments should protect their soldiers, and Truman's decision to drop the bombs saved hundreds of thousands of American soldiers' lives and ended the war more quickly.

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    The document discusses the student's research project on whether governments have a responsibility to protect soldiers even if it means actions against humanity. The student, whose grandfather fought against Japan in WWII, researched the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Sources included books, Truman's memoir, and New York Times articles from 1945. The student concluded governments should protect their soldiers, and Truman's decision to drop the bombs saved hundreds of thousands of American soldiers' lives and ended the war more quickly.

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    The document discusses the student's research project on whether governments have a responsibility to protect soldiers even if it means actions against humanity. The student, whose grandfather fought against Japan in WWII, researched the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Sources included books, Truman's memoir, and New York Times articles from 1945. The student concluded governments should protect their soldiers, and Truman's decision to drop the bombs saved hundreds of thousands of American soldiers' lives and ended the war more quickly.

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    TRUMAN: THE DECISION TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB

    David Wen Senior Exhibit

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    I am an international student from China. My grandpa used to be a soldier during WWII fighting against Japan. He always told me stories about the war when I was a child. His passion encouraged me to watch history documentary . Every time I watch documentary about WWII, I can see the word !tomic "omb# and its important role

    to the surrender of Japan. "ut the bomb also $illed hundreds of thousands Japanese civilians. %he atomic bomb is li$e a double&edged sword. 'o my topic is ( )oes the government have the responsibility to protect the soldiers even using a way that against humanity.* %he topic is very intriguing for me, because when I read more boo$s about the war I feel closer to my grandpa#s e+perience. ,irst, I tried to find boo$ sources through the Internet. I used the -oogle "oo$ to help me find boo$s related to my topic. "ut there was a problem, the -oogle "oo$ can only show a few pages of boo$s. !s a result, I read a lot of abstracts, maybe from different boo$s but related, and combine them together. !nother difficulty is to find the primary source. Most of boo$s I read are second&hand sources. 'o I emailed .rofessor Hastings, my history teacher last year in Connecticut, to see$ help. He suggested me to read the %ruman#s memoir. I find a full edition of this boo$ from an official website and read it. "esides the boo$s, the newspapers are really helpful to my topic as well. I use the (time machine* in the /ew 0or$ %imes# website, and find 1 valuable articles written in 2314. %hey gave me a new view of the war. 5.aragraph 67

    My conclusion is that the government should have the responsibility to save their own soldiers. "y the official estimate, %ruman#s decision to drop the atomic bomb in Japan in !ugust, 2314 saved at least 288,888 9.'. soldiers# life and forced Japan to

    surrender in two wee$s. %he president has the responsibility to save as many soldiers as possible. !nd the president also need a strong will to lead the army into victory.

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