[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13675]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 247--COMMEMORATING AND HONORING THE ACTIONS OF 
 PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN AND THE CREWS OF THE ENOLA GAY AND BOCKSCAR 
        IN USING THE ATOMIC BOMB TO BRING WORLD WAR II TO AN END

  Mr. ISAKSON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 247

       Whereas, during World War II, in 1945, war in the Pacific 
     Theater between the United States and Japan had entered its 
     fourth year;
       Whereas Allied military commanders were preparing to invade 
     Japan;
       Whereas President Harry S. Truman made the tactical 
     decision to use the newly developed atomic bomb against Japan 
     instead of invading Japan;
       Whereas, on August 6, 1945, the crew of the Enola Gay, 
     under the command of Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., dropped an 
     atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; and
       Whereas, on August 9, 1945, the crew of the Bockscar, under 
     the command of Major Charles W. Sweeney, dropped an atomic 
     bomb on Nagasaki, Japan: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commemorates and honors the courageous decision of 
     President Harry S. Truman to use atomic bombs against Japan 
     to bring an end to World War II; and
       (2) commemorates and honors the courageous actions by the 
     crews of the Enola Gay and the Bockscar in carrying out 
     missions against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, that 
     accomplished tactical terminal objectives and saved a 
     countless number of lives of citizens of the United States.

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