In a message dated 8/31/03 5:31:21 PM !!!First Boot!!!, aprildan@geyer.com writes: > We had no idea that the atomic age would > also bring about atomic radiation and death over the course of decades. > I do think that it would have been less "appealing" to Truman if they > knew of the other curse of the nuclear age. > Well, I suspect the idea of not seeing American "boys" dead on the beach might have overcome a lot of objections. <G> Eliz