Later regretted by Admirals Leahy and Nimitz, by Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur, and by the Strategic Bombing Survey as early as 1946, the atomic attacks on Hiroshoma and Nagasaki, 75 years ago, have set me thinking about the disturbed and disturbing figure of Curtis LeMay.
His later turn as George Wallace's Vice Presidential running mate in 1968 was a very rare political intervention by an Air Force Officer. I can think of only one who has ever headed a military coup, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings in Ghana, where he tried three times and succeeded twice. But I am open to correction. And can anyone think why Air Force Officers should be so much more reticent in this regard?
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