Posted January 27, 2024
Every time his men obliterated a German or Nippon taget, he proclaimed: "Bullseye, give the gentleman a cigar!" BTW he personally flew many bombing missions over Germany from UK USAAC bases ca 1942-1944, before being transferred to the Pacific Theater to spearhead the B29 Superfortess saturation bombing of Nippon ca 1945, which reduced most major cities to cinders, using incendiary bombs, culminating with the coup de grace in the form of Fat Man and Little Boy, which finally prompted Emperor Hirohito to throw in the towel.