(The epicenter in Hiroshima at which the atomic bomb, the "Little Boy", was launched towards)
-"...We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction." -President Truman
[This shows why the US was justified in the bombing on Hiroshima and clearly states that our government gave them fair warning.]
[This shows our retaliation and how we found justification in bombing Hiroshima. This is evidence of Trumans attempt to assure the general public that we gave the enemy what was right. It also was his way of telling the Citizens of the US that we a country hold the power after everything that we had been through in World War II.]
"In the spring of '45 it was clear that the war against Germany would soon end, and so I began to ask myself, 'What is the purpose of continuing the development of the bomb, and how would the bomb be used if the war with Japan has not ended by the time we have the first bombs?". LEO SZILARD(The first scientist to conceive how an atomic bomb might be made in 1933) 
(President Truman)
[Leo is saying that he wasnt sure that there was even a point to continue the development of
the atomic bombs. He wanted to know how the powerful bombs would be used, if they
were to go through with it. Szilards quote also shows his uneasiness about the potential uses of the Atomic Bomb due to its great power.]
"As the bomb fell over hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: "My God, what have we done?" - Captain Rober Lewis
[This shows controversial thoughts and regrets about bombing Hiroshima about rather or not our actions were too harsh. It also shows that perhaps we were more supportive of the idea of gaining retaliation, than we were of the magnitude of retaliation that we recieved.]
(The deadly aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima)
"During his recitation of the relevant facts, I had been conscious of a feeling of depression and so I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of 'face'. The Secretary was deeply perturbed by my attitude..."
- Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate For Change, pg. 380
[This quote shows that Eisenhower felt as though our actions were too drastic and that we took things a step too far. Also it shows the Eisenhower held remorse towards the actions of the US Military against Japan.]
"When I asked General MacArthur about the decision to drop the bomb, I was surprised to learn he had not even been consulted. What, I asked, would his advice have been? He replied that he saw no military justification for the dropping of the bomb. The war might have ended weeks earlier, he said, if the United States had agreed, as it later did anyway, to the retention of the institution of the emperor." - Norman Cousins, The consultant to to General MacArthur.
[This shows that General MacArthur in hindsight also believed that there were other ways that the US could have solved the war without such great costs. I dont think that it was the effect it had on the nation of Japan but the feeling that we had hurt innocent people who hadnt had any control over their governments decisions. This quote states that we had less harmful alternatives to ending the war with Japan and coming out on top.]
