Two wonderful things happened as a result of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
1) The war ended
2) WE won!!!
Amen.
My dad thought he'd be dead by Christmas then there was this August surprise in Japan. Obviously, it was a wonderful thing for both my sister and I.
As an interesting sidebar, whilst standing in line a couple of years ago to shake Retired General Paul Tibbets hand (Col. Tibbets during the war) a former Kamikaze pilot was in the line several of people in front of me. He had somehow heard about General Tibbets coming to the Wannamacher's Gun Show and thanked General Tibbets for being diligent and doing his duty, else he would not have been alive (he was awaiting being sent on his mission)...he even recited his target which I wish I could remember.