Podcasts about Stimson

At 1:15 p.m. on April 12, 1945, Franklin Roosevelt was sitting for a portrait at his cottage in Warm Springs, Georgia, when his face suddenly fell forward. He raised his left hand to his temple and whispered to his cousin Daisy: "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head." He was dead by 3:35. That evening, Harry Truman, a former farmer and failed haberdasher who had been vice president for eighty-two days and had met with Roosevelt only twice, placed his hand on a Bible and became the thirty-third president of the United States. He had never been briefed on the atomic bomb. Thirteen days later, War Secretary Henry Stimson handed him a three-page memo that began: "Within four months we shall in all probability have completed the most terrible weapon ever known in human history, one bomb of which could destroy a whole city." Today's guest is James M. Scott, author of Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War. We discuss how a Hungarian physicist who did his thinking in the bathtub tracked down Einstein by asking a boy on a Long Island street corner to launch the Manhattan Project, why Oak Ridge, Tennessee, became a secret city of 75,000 people who had no idea what they were building, and how the firebombing of Tokyo killed 105,000 people in a single night months before the atomic bombs fell. We look at why Groves wanted to destroy Kyoto for its two thousand temples and Stimson stopped him because he had honeymooned there, how Japan's military leaders refused to surrender even after two atomic bombs and forced an unprecedented intervention by an emperor who had spent the war collecting marine specimens in a palace while his cities burned, and why a group of young officers assassinated the commander of the Imperial Guards and seized the palace on the eve of surrender in a coup that came within hours of succeeding. Scott argues that the historical record supports Truman's decision but lets the last word belong to the survivors, and to a war minister who committed seppuku wearing the white shirt the emperor had personally given him, with a photograph of his dead son folded on top of his dress uniform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ngày 17/08/2026, vài giờ trước khi diễn ra cuộc tập trận thường niên Mỹ - Hàn Ulchi Freedom Shield (Lá chắn tự do), tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump bất ngờ thông báo giảm thời lượng chiến dịch. Theo giới quan sát, những động thái khó lường của nguyên thủ Mỹ có nguy cơ làm suy yếu một trong những nền tảng quan trọng nhất trong cấu trúc an ninh Đông Bắc Á hiện nay là tam giác an ninh bao gồm Hàn Quốc, Hoa Kỳ và Nhật Bản. Trump trừng phạt Seoul ? Trên mạng xã hội Truth Social, ông đánh giá rằng cuộc tập trận « tốn kém » này gởi đi « một tín hiệu hoàn toàn không phù hợp và mang tính thù địch » đến Bình Nhưỡng. Ngoài ra, cuối thông điệp, tổng thống Trump còn khiển trách Hàn Quốc đã « từ chối » hỗ trợ Hoa Kỳ trong cuộc chiến chống Iran trong khi Washington có những cam kết bảo đảm an ninh cho Seoul. Trả lời Reuters, bà Jenny Town, giám đốc chương trình 38 Vĩ tuyến bắc, thuộc Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Stimson, trụ sở tại Hoa Kỳ, nhận định : « Theo tôi, đây là một động thái chưa từng có tiền lệ khi gắn hai vấn đề hoàn toàn khác biệt lại với nhau. Đây là những cuộc tập trận thường kỳ của một liên minh đã tồn tại hơn 70 năm qua. Chiến dịch này không phải là một hành động đặc biệt nhắm vào bất kỳ quốc gia nào. Việc nói rằng "chúng tôi sẽ giảm quy mô tập trận vì quý vị không đáp ứng yêu cầu trước đây về một hành động quân sự ở khu vực khác" đơn giản không phải là cách người ta hành xử với đồng minh. Đặc biệt là với đồng minh mà bạn đã cam kết bảo vệ an ninh. Hiện Mỹ đang duy trì khoảng 28.500 quân nhân trên bán đảo Triều Tiên để bảo vệ khu vực này. » Những phát biểu này của Donald Trump không chỉ gây ngỡ ngàng cho các đồng minh trong khu vực, mà còn khiến giới quan sát khó hiểu: Ông Trump đang có những tính toán gì tại châu Á ? Một số nhà phân tích cho rằng động thái này của ông Trump là nhằm mục tiêu đối nội. Ông muốn chuyển hướng công luận về thất bại chiến lược quân sự trong cuộc xung đột với Iran, đã kéo dài gần chín tháng và hiện đang rơi vào tình trạng bế tắc, khi chỉ còn vài tháng nữa là đến bầu cử giữa kỳ. Đổi đầu tư lấy cam kết an ninh ? Tuy nhiên, theo nhiều kênh truyền thông Mỹ, tổng thống Hoa Kỳ dường như đang dùng cuộc tập trận như là một công cụ ngoại giao để gây sức ép với Hàn Quốc, buộc nước này tăng tốc thực hiện khoản đầu tư trị giá 350 tỷ đô la để đổi lấy mức thuế quan thấp hơn. Ngoại trưởng Hàn Quốc Cho Hyun hôm 19/08 xác nhận sự việc trước Quốc Hội. Theo trang CNBC, tin nhắn của ông Trump được đăng đúng thời điểm bộ trưởng Thương Mại Hàn Quốc Kim Jung Kwan đến Washington để thảo luận với đồng cấp Mỹ Howard Lutnick về các cam kết đầu tư và vấn đề thuế quan. Còn trang Politico, dẫn các nguồn tin am hiểu vấn đề, cho biết quyết định của Trump một phần xuất phát từ việc ông không hài lòng với tiến độ triển khai các khoản đầu tư của Hàn Quốc, vốn được cho là chậm hơn Nhật Bản. Đây cũng không phải là lần đầu tiên ông Trump sử dụng cuộc tập trận như một đòn bẩy ngoại giao. Nhà báo Arnaud Vaulerin, trong chương trình phát thanh France Culture, nhắc lại : « Khi diễn ra cuộc gặp thượng đỉnh đầu tiên giữa Kim Jong Un và Donald Trump tại Singapore năm 2018, ông Trump cũng đã yêu cầu đình chỉ các cuộc tập trận chung Mỹ - Hàn. Vì vậy, đây là một đòn bẩy mang tính giao dịch mà ông ấy luôn sử dụng. » Chuyên gia Jenny Town nhìn nhận, ngay khi trở lại Nhà Trắng trong nhiệm kỳ hai, Donald Trump đã nhiều lần phát tín hiệu muốn nối lại các cuộc đàm phán. Tuy nhiên, theo bà, « cách thức thực hiện lần này khá tùy tiện và khó có thể tạo ra tác động như ông mong muốn, nhất là khi hiện tại không có bất kỳ tiến trình đàm phán thực chất nào đang diễn ra ». Tập trận thường niên Mỹ - Hàn không đơn thuần là huấn luyện tác chiến. Hoạt động quân sự này còn là biểu tượng hữu hình cho cam kết an ninh mà Washington dành cho Seoul. Hàng năm, hàng chục ngàn binh sĩ tham gia các cuộc diễn tập nhằm kiểm tra khả năng phối hợp trước các kịch bản từ tấn công tên lửa, chiến tranh mạng, cho đến xung đột quy mô lớn trên bán đảo Triều Tiên. Trump làm suy yếu thế răn đe của Hàn Quốc Việc chính quyền Donald Trump quyết định rút ngắn thời lượng diễn tập vào phút chót trong khi mọi công tác chuẩn bị đã hoàn tất và binh sĩ đã sẵn sàng, là một sự lãng phí. Chuyên gia Jenny Town nhận định đây không phải là một quyết định khôn ngoan, bởi cuộc tập trận lần này là một trong những chương trình đầu tiên thực sự tích hợp nhiều bài học rút ra từ các cuộc chiến tranh hiện đại, đặc biệt là cuộc chiến Ukraina:  « Đặc biệt là khi xem xét các phương thức tác chiến hiện đại cũng như tính chất đa miền của chúng, tôi cho rằng đây thực sự là giai đoạn đầu tiên chúng ta bắt đầu chứng kiến ​​việc triển khai các cuộc diễn tập đa miền và diễn tập ứng phó tình huống khẩn cấp; qua đó chúng ta có thể hình dung các kịch bản xung đột khác nhau và đánh giá mức độ sẵn sàng của mình trước những tình huống đó, đồng thời nỗ lực nhận diện các điểm yếu của chính mình trong quá trình này. Vì vậy, tôi thực sự cho rằng đó là một quyết định vội vàng và sẽ gây ảnh hưởng đến khả năng sẵn sàng của liên minh. » Chuyên gia Marianne Péron Doise, giám đốc Đài Quan sát Địa Chính trị về vùng Ấn Độ - Thái Bình Dương, Viện Quan hệ Quốc tế và Chiến lược (IRIS), cũng có cùng một quan điểm : Quyết định đơn phương của Mỹ đã làm suy giảm phần nào năng lực răn đe và tác chiến của đồng minh Hàn Quốc, vào lúc nước này đang phải đối mặt với mối đe dọa Bắc Triều Tiên ngày càng lớn, mà cuộc chiến Ukraina được cho là một bước ngoặt chiến lược quan trọng cho tình hình an ninh bán đảo Triều Tiên. Trả lời đài France Culture, bà phân tích tiếp : « Nếu nhìn vào Bắc Triều Tiên và đặt trong bối cảnh rộng hơn, dù mức độ không hoàn toàn giống với chiến trường Châu Âu, việc Bình Nhưỡng nay thường xuyên triển khai binh sĩ sang chiến đấu cùng với quân đội Nga trong cuộc chiến tranh xâm lược Ukraina đã giúp họ có điều kiện tích lũy và nâng cao kinh nghiệm tác chiến trên thực địa. Đó là chưa kể đến việc Bắc Triều Tiên đã củng cố các năng lực hạt nhân và tên lửa đạn đạo. Vì thế, mức độ dễ bị tổn thương của Hàn Quốc đang gia tăng đáng kể. Tuy nhiên, không chỉ có yếu tố mang tính "sỉ nhục" đối với một đồng minh rất thân cận đang trên tuyến đầu là Hàn Quốc, hành động này của tổng thống Mỹ còn có nguy cơ ảnh hưởng trực tiếp đến an toàn của chính các lực lượng Mỹ đồn trú tại Hàn Quốc. Điều mà chính quyền Trump có thể chưa lường trước được, vì cuối cùng chúng sẽ làm suy yếu các năng lực tác chiến, phản ứng cũng như khả năng phối hợp hiệu quả giữa lực lượng Mỹ và Hàn Quốc ». Nhật Bản thấp thỏm lo cho an ninh quốc gia Việc giảm quy mô hay thời lượng tập trận có thể không làm thay đổi tức thời tương quan lực lượng trong khu vực, nhưng đang gởi đi tín hiệu rằng Washington sẵn sàng điều chỉnh các cam kết chiến lược vì những tính toán chính trị ngắn hạn. Và đối với Tokyo, thông điệp không chỉ dành riêng cho Seoul này là thật sự đáng lo ngại, vào lúc Nhật Bản, vốn phụ thuộc nhiều vào Hoa Kỳ về an ninh, hiện đang đối diện cùng lúc với các đe dọa an ninh quốc gia đến từ ba nước có vũ khí hạt nhân là Nga, Bắc Triều Tiên và Trung Quốc. Phát biểu của ông Trump diễn ra một thời gian ngắn sau chuyến thăm của tổng thống Nga Vladimir Putin đến bốn đảo phía bắc của quần đảo Kuril do Matxcơva kiểm soát nhưng Tokyo đòi chủ quyền. Liệu hành động này của nguyên thủ Nga có nhằm mục đích trắc nghiệm mức độ bền vững của quan hệ đồng minh Mỹ-Nhật? Chuyên gia địa chính trị Marianne Péron Doise phân tích tiếp : « Tôi nghĩ rằng tổng thống Nga thực sự muốn nhắc nhở Nhật Bản về cuộc tranh chấp tồn tại từ lâu này, đồng thời tái khẳng định đó vẫn là nguồn gốc bất ổn và đe dọa tiềm tàng. Tuy nhiên, thông điệp này không chỉ mang tính song phương mà còn nằm trong bối cảnh khu vực rộng lớn hơn. Nga đang thể hiện thế chủ động trong hồ sơ này, một cuộc tranh chấp đã kéo dài nhiều năm, nhưng chính phủ Nhật Bản trước đây đã chọn không làm trầm trọng thêm. Theo thỏa thuận ngầm, hai bên tránh những chuyến thăm hoặc hành động quá nổi bật có thể gợi nhắc đến sự hiện diện của Nga cũng như yêu sách chủ quyền của Nhật Bản đối với bốn hòn đảo thuộc quần đảo Kuril, mà Tokyo gọi là " lãnh thổ phương bắc". Hiện nay, Nhật Bản có một chính phủ mới thể hiện lập trường quyết đoán hơn nhiều trong các vấn đề quốc phòng, với bà Takaichi, được ủng hộ bởi một phong trào dân tộc chủ nghĩa rất mạnh mẽ. Vì vậy Matxcơva muốn "vạch ra lằn ranh đỏ" đối với chính phủ mới này, thăm dò khả năng phản ứng của Nhật Bản. Rộng hơn, Nga muốn cho thấy khả năng gây sức ép hoặc tạo bất ổn trên nhiều mặt trận cùng lúc, trong bối cảnh Nhật Bản đang phải đối diện với những nước láng giềng bị xem là mối đe dọa nghiêm trọng, gồm Nga, Triều Tiên và Trung Quốc. » Trump làm tổn hại uy tín của Mỹ ? Xin nhắc lại, trong những năm gần đây, Mỹ đã thúc đẩy mạnh mẽ hợp tác an ninh ba bên Mỹ-Nhật-Hàn, đặc biệt dưới thời tổng thống Joe Biden. Các cuộc tập trận chung, chia sẻ thông tin tình báo và cơ chế phối hợp ứng phó khủng hoảng là những thành tựu quan trọng của chiến lược khu vực. Mục tiêu không chỉ răn đe Bắc Triều Tiên mà còn duy trì cán cân quyền lực đối phó với đà trỗi dậy mạnh mẽ của Trung Quốc. Trong bối cảnh này, giới quan sát lo ngại, quyết định của ông Trump có nguy cơ làm suy yếu một trong ba kiềng của cấu trúc an ninh. Toàn bộ hệ thống có nguy cơ bị tác động và Nhật Bản có lý do để lo ngại sự gắn kết chiến lược mong manh giữa ba nước có thể bị suy giảm. Trước mắt, liên minh Mỹ-Hàn chưa thể sụp đổ nhưng mối nguy lớn nhất là sự xói mòn dần dần niềm tin chính trị. Nhà nghiên cứu Yu Jihoon, Viện Phân tích Quốc Phòng Hàn Quốc, cảnh báo : « Nếu người dân Hàn Quốc bắt đầu tin rằng các cam kết an ninh hoặc các cuộc tập trận quân sự có thể bị sử dụng như một công cụ mặc cả cho những vấn đề không liên quan như Iran, đầu tư, thương mại hay các bất đồng đối ngoại khác, thì độ tin cậy vào uy tín của Mỹ cũng sẽ suy giảm theo ».

James M. Scott traces the dramatic, complex final months of World War II in the Pacific. Scott details how Secretary of War Henry Stimson briefed Truman in depth on the secret atomic bomb, and praises General Leslie Groves' masterful management of the Manhattan Project's secret cities. He describes Japan's political division: Emperor Hirohito secretly sought peace while militarists prepared a fanatical defense of Kyushu to force better terms. Scott explains the intense debate over demanding unconditional surrender versus preserving the Japanese monarchy, concluding with the Trinitytest, Potsdam Conference, and Truman's hope that the bomb's shock value would force surrender. (7)

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“There is a big chasm between defeat and surrender. Surrender is inherently a political decision.” — James M. Scott Exactly eighty-one years ago, on August 9, 1945, the United States dropped its second nuclear device on Nagasaki. Three days earlier, on August 6, the Enola Gay dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima. Little Boy and Fat Man. Our nuclear Rubicon had been crossed. Three days in August that changed the world. These historic 72 hours are the subject of Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War, by James M. Scott, America's foremost chronicler of the Pacific War. This new book, Scott reveals, grew out of Black Snow, his history of the firebombing of Tokyo. But whereas Black Snow was a military study, he explains, Empire of Ashes focuses on Truman, Hirohito and the politics of nuclear warfare. By August 1945, Scott argues, Japan was already defeated. So surrender was a political decision — one that required a weak, figurehead emperor to summon the power to save his country from an even darker apocalypse. Should America regret these August days? Harry Truman certainly didn't, Scott notes. In fact, in 1958 Truman even held a press conference in Independence, Missouri, to fire back at Hiroshima's city council when it suggested that he should. Nor does Scott render much of a moral verdict of his own. “Nobody needs to hear James Scott in Charleston, South Carolina tell you what it is you should think,” he explains, suggesting that we can all make up our minds by reading Empire of Ashes. So two bombs, somewhere between 150,000 and 246,000 civilian deaths, and no crime? That, oddly enough, might be the biggest tragedy of those three days in August 1945 that changed the world forever. Five Takeaways •       Defeat Is Not Surrender. Scott's organizing insight: as destructive as it was, the atomic bomb was inherently a political weapon, aimed at the chasm between a nation defeated and a nation willing to say so. Surrender is a political act — and Japan's politics ran through Hirohito, ostensibly the center of political, cultural, and spiritual life, in practice a figurehead bypassed by militarists who had consolidated power through the 1920s and '30s under the standing threat of assassination. His first peace soundings had to be conducted incognito, for fear of his own army; not until June 1945 does he rise to the occasion. Truman, by contrast, emerges as strong and morally serious — a First World War artillery officer who inherited the Okinawa bloodbath, approved the invasion of Japan, chose what he saw as the lesser evil, and then stopped all further atomic use the moment surrender came.•       The Firebombing Precedent. Would FDR have made the same call? “Absolutely. No doubt about it.” The moral threshold had already been crossed on March 9, 1945, when Curtis LeMay abandoned precision bombing and burned Tokyo — 105,000 men, women, and children in a single night, the most destructive conventional raid in history. The Pentagon braced for public outrage, monitoring editorials, radio, and the floors of Congress. None came; Time wrote that “properly kindled, Japanese cities will burn like autumn leaves.” LeMay took the green light and burned 64 cities — 170 square miles — before the first atomic bomb ever fell. War Secretary Henry Stimson confessed his amazement to his diary; FDR, with every opportunity to rein it in, said nothing. When Elliott Roosevelt later claimed his father would never have dropped the bomb, Stimson publicly corrected him.•       The Second Bomb Mattered More. Scott's most counterintuitive argument: Nagasaki, not Hiroshima, ended the war. Atomic energy was the AI of its day — over a hundred academic papers in 1939 alone, new physics programs at Berkeley and Chicago, dreams of atom-powered ships — and Japan, which had its own failed program, knew exactly how ruinously expensive a bomb was to build. So after Hiroshima, the militarists reasoned the Americans could not possibly have another, and held to the plan of bleeding the invasion on the beaches for better terms. A second city destroyed seventy-five hours later shattered the illusion: if they can drop one every three days, they may have twenty — or two hundred. As for simply telling Tokyo? There were no channels beyond dropped leaflets and slow relays through neutral capitals. You could not, as Andrew noted, email in those days.•       In the Room Where It Happened. Scott's method — borrowed, he says, from Hamilton — is to put readers in the room: the White House, the Imperial Palace, and above all the streets. He has interviewed survivors in Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki across multiple books, and the physics of the firestorm connects all three: heat that melts concrete, fuses coins into lumps, welds roof tiles to kitchenware. Only five photographs were taken in Hiroshima on the day of the blast — stunned people, sitting. Organized rescue took thirty hours to arrive. In Nagasaki, the thirsty and burned waded into the river to die, so many that their bodies formed a dam. Radiation sickness began within thirty minutes. These are beautiful, functioning cities today, Scott notes — which is exactly why the accounts matter.•       No Regrets, No Verdict. Truman defended the decision to his grave — and then some: when Hiroshima's city council passed a resolution in 1958 urging him toward remorse, he wrote back that Japan had started the war, then held a press conference at his museum in Independence to distribute the reply. The Oppenheimer film's chilly Oval Office scene is overdramatized, Scott thinks, but true to the core: the buck — and the moral weight — stopped with the commander-in-chief, not the scientists. Scott himself, pointedly, renders no verdict: “Nobody needs to hear James Scott in Charleston, South Carolina tell you what it is you should think.” Both sides laid out, 95 percent of the documents public, the reader left to grapple — which is perhaps why Black Snow sold well in Japan, and why Empire of Ashes will be published there next August 6. About the Guest James M. Scott is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, New York Times bestselling author, and former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, widely regarded as America's leading historian of the Pacific War. His books include Target Tokyo (Pulitzer finalist), Black Snow, Rampage, The War Below, and, with Jack Carr, Targeted: Beirut. A scholar-in-residence at The Citadel who leads battlefield tours across the Pacific, he lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War (W. W. Norton) is out now. References: •       Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War by James M. Scott (W. W. Norton). The Charleston Post and Courier: “An amazing accomplishment.”•       Black Snow by James M. Scott — the firebombing of Tokyo, and the book whose cut Hiroshima chapters beca...

Washington Watch Reporter Mary Stackhouse discusses the Senate's vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt, the process of voting on the continuing resolution, and where things stand in Iran. Andrew Bostom, M.D. MS, Research Physician at the Brown

The last Supreme Court term was a very busy and consequential one. With decisions from redistricting to birthright citizenship to boys in girls' sports, many cases made headlines and there is a lot to talk about.  That's why we decided to bring you a very special bonus episode this week. Heritage Action's Doug Blair sat down with Heritage legal fellows Cully Stimson and Zack Smith to break down the cases and highlight the big takeaways.  --- Follow Cully Stimson on X: https://x.com/cullystimson?lang=en Follow Zack Smith on X: https://x.com/tzsmith --- Email us at heritageexplains@heritage.org 

The last Supreme Court term was a very busy and consequential one. With decisions from redistricting to birthright citizenship to boys in girls' sports, many cases made headlines, and there is a lot to talk about. That's why we decided to bring you a very special bonus episode this week. Heritage Action's Doug Blair sat […]

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1: Fauci pleads the Fifth 16:28 SEGMENT 2: Cully Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at Heritage || TOPIC: Top legal headlines of the day || Fauci taking the Fifth || His article How the Smithsonian Has Attacked Our History || heritage.orgx.com/cullystimson 32:05 SEGMENT 3: CHRIS CORNER: Democrats now want to be America first https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1: Fauci pleads the Fifth 16:28 SEGMENT 2: Cully Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at Heritage || TOPIC: Top legal headlines of the day || Fauci taking the Fifth || His article How the Smithsonian Has Attacked Our History || heritage.orgx.com/cullystimson 32:05 SEGMENT 3: CHRIS CORNER: Democrats now want to be America first https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Re-running Summer of Trinity, this time with episodes released at the start of their respective weeks rather than the end.  Just for a different perspective. July 29 to August 4 This is Summer of Trinity - a daily description of events in the summer of 1945.This episode has daily events for the week ending Saturday August 4, 1945. Sunday, July 29,1945 - 13 Days After Trinity   https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/Recent/Article-View/Article/2686164/navy-lessons-learned-from-sinking-of-indianapolis/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Mayfield - final MoH for actions before August 15 cessation of hostilities   Pumpkin bomb sorties - 9 aircraft   Monday, July 30,1945 - 14 Days After Trinity   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochitsura_Hashimoto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Idaho_(BB-42)   Indianapolis was sunk from an attack at just after midnight local time. (It's still the 29th in Zulu / GMT/UTC time, which might be where some of the confusion comes from.) The moon was waning gibbous and rose at 10:28pm.  It would have been well above the eastern horizon at midnight. (Again, Indianapolis was heading west, Hashimoto attacked the Starboard side, so he was facing south. That would've put the moon to his own starboard side, and about 20 degrees up from the horizon. ) https://phasesmoon.com/moonday29July1945.html Hashimoto notes that the moon was up when he found Indianapolis - and that therefore he dove quickly.  Action report says 450 miles EAST of Leyte gulf, heading 262 so just short of due West (270).  https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/after-action-report-of-mcvay.html   https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/court-martial.html   Tuesday, July 31,1945 - 15 Days After Trinity The submarine USS Bullhead leaves Fremantle, Australia, to commence her third war patrol.  This patrol would be under the command of Lieutenant Commander Edward R. Holt, Jr. The previous captain  of Bullhead, Commander Walter T Griffith, is sent to Guam, where he is to become Assistant Operations Officer to Vice Admiral Lockwood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_T._Griffith Griffith recieved TWO Navy Crosses - from his previous sub tours, before Bullhead.  Stimson to Truman https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/henry-stimson-harry-s-truman-attached-draft-press-release?documentid=NA&pagenumber=1 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/countdown-to-hiroshima-for-july_b_3663837.html   August 1945   Wednesday, August 1,1945 - 16 Days After Trinity   Thursday, August 2,1945 - 17 Days After Trinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35) An intersting equivalence, the ship was sunk early Monday, one week before Hiroshima; they are found mid-Thursday, one week before Nagasaki Friday, August 3,1945 - 18 Days After Trinity https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0802/02101.html Hiroshima's Legacy - by Motoko Sakama Been looking for some pictures of the train station in Kobe, found one of GIs there in January 1946, and this one here. https://www.meijishowa.com/photography/5335/160305-0004-hankyu-railway-kobe-station Saturday, August 4,1945 - 19 Days After Trinity The Soviets gifted a plaque to the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow that was secretly bugged with The Thing, one of the earliest covert listening devices ever invented. It would hang in the Spaso House for seven years until its secret was discovered. Paul Tibbets briefed his crewmates on the bombing mission to Hiroshima, saying the bombs would be immensely powerful and "something new in the history of warfare", but giving no specifics.[   Summer of Trinity is a part of Mapping History here on The Latest Generation.

Long before it became known as one of Michigan's most active paranormal locations, Stimson Hospital began life as a stately mansion before being transformed into a community hospital in the early 1900s. Over the decades it witnessed births, deaths, tragedy, and eventually decades of reported paranormal activity that continue to attract investigators from across the country.Today, visitors report everything from shadow figures and phantom footsteps to apparitions of former staff members who may never have left. But one piece of evidence has become especially difficult to explain: an audio recording that appears to capture the sounds of an elevator operating more than forty years after the elevator itself was removed.Is it one of the most compelling pieces of paranormal evidence ever recorded inside the hospital—or is there another explanation? We explore the history, the hauntings, and the mysteries of Stimson Hospital.#StimsonHospital #HauntedHospital #TheGraveTalks #RealGhostStories #Paranormal #GhostHunters #HauntedPlaces #MichiganHauntings #Supernatural #GhostEvidence Love real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

Cully Stimson Joins The Show full 2392 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:47:01 +0000 nZQ52zUPBnwNIz0hNhGxVreHPWjcmG7H news The Dom Giordano Program news Cully Stimson Joins The Show Weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Dom Giordano talks about what you're talking about. The Dean of Philadelphia Radio and the people's watch-dog, Dom holds elected leaders accountable and gives you a platform to sound off. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss

The Quincy Institute and Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) co-hosted this webinar that examined how the war on Iran — which was conducted by the Americans and Israelis with an unprecedented degree of coordination — may accelerate the divergence of American and Israeli policy conduct in the Middle East. As the costs continue to accumulate for the Americans, and the Israelis continue to dig in, the question of whether a policy break which corresponds to each state's different interests has gained new importance. And if that break ultimately develops, how will the process of extricating Israeli policy-making from Washington unfold? This webinar/podcast features Trita Parsi (Quincy Institute), Barbara Slavin (Stimson Center), Lara Friedman (FMEP), and was moderated by FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor.  Trita Parsi is co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute. He is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign policy, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored four books on US foreign policy in the Middle East. Barbara Slavin is a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center and a lecturer in international affairs at GWU. Prior to joining Stimson, she founded and directed the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council and led a bi-partisan task force on Iran. She is the author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the US and the Twisted Path to Confrontation (2007) Lara Friedman is the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. Previously, she was the Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now, and before that she was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, serving in Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis, and Beirut. Lara is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.  Ahmed Moor is a writer and fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is an advisory board member of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights, co-editor of “After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine” (2012, Saqi Books) and is currently writing a book about Palestine. He also currently serves on the board of the Independence Media Foundation. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1: Trump cancels signing the housing bill || NYC primary election results 15:28 SEGMENT 2: Cully Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at Heritage || TOPIC: Top legal headlines of the day || Supreme Court opinion day is tomorrow || Shaving a Rastafarian’s dreads || Luigi Mangione heritage.org x.com/cullystimson 32:09 SEGMENT 3: CHRIS' CORNER: When protecting children becomes horrific https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feliks Banel's guests on this special LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY from the Stimson-Green Mansion 125th Birthday Block Party on First Hill in Seattle, Washington include Chris Moore and Abby Amato of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation; members of the musical groups Spanaway Bay and The Whateverly Brothers; Darren Guyaz of DRYFT Music; and Petra Jouflas of Frye Art Museum. This special live remote broadcast was presented from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm Pacific Time on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Links to more information as well as images related to most topics discussed on the show are often available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory Links to additional info related to this episode include: Stimson-Green 125th Birthday Block Party https://preservewa.org/events/stimson-green-mansion-125th-birthday-block-party/ Washington Trust for Historic Preservation: https://preservewa.org/ Stimson-Green Mansion: https://preservewa.org/info/stimson-green-mansion/ Whateverly Brothers: https://thewhateverlybrothers.com/ DRYFT Music: https://www.dryft.in/seattle Frye Art Museum: https://fryemuseum.org/ Special thanks to Chris Moore of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation for inviting us to do this live broadcast. Thanks also to Ken Zick, CASCADE OF HISTORY's field producer and roving correspondent, and to Benjamin Warren of SPACE 101.1 FM for running the board back at the station. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes. "LIKE" the Cascade of History Facebook page and get updates and other stories throughout the week, and advance notice of live remote broadcasts taking place in your part of the Old Oregon Country.

If you’ve ever walked around First Hill in Seattle, you might have noticed the Stimson Green Mansion on the corner of Seneca and Minor Avenue. The house is celebrating its 125th year. It used to be home to some of the most influential and first families of Seattle. Guest: Chris Moore - Executive Director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Abby Armato - Public Programs Specialist of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Related Links: Stimson-Green Mansion - Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Stimson-Green Mansion - History Link Joshua Green - History Link First Hill Park - First Hill Improvement Association See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our political climate, it is always nice to have a bit of authentic bipartisanship. The Marshall plan to rebuild Europe following World War 2, the Interstate Highway System under President Eisenhower, and the Apollo Program are all examples of both political parties coming together for a common goal.  The first Trump Administration saw another of these moments in the passage of the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act  or First Step Act in 2018. The bill was designed to reform federal prison policy and reduce the rates of recidivism, meaning criminals returning to incarceration. It had supporters from all over the political spectrum, and in its seven years of life, has indeed lowered recidivism, extended credits to prisoners for good behavior, and allowed some elderly or sick prisoners to return home.  Last week, the Supreme Court handed down decisions on three decisions having to do with criminal justice, two of them having to do with the First Step Act. Here to explain, and to talk about what he's watching for from the land's highest court this term, is Cully Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow here at the Heritage Foundation.     --- Email us with thoughts, questions, or suggestions: HeritageExplains@heritage.org   ---Follow Cully Stimson on X: https://x.com/cullystimson 

In our political climate, it is always nice to have a bit of authentic bipartisanship. The Marshall plan to rebuild Europe following World War 2, the Interstate Highway System under President Eisenhower, and the Apollo Program are all examples of both political parties coming together for a common goal. The first Trump Administration saw another […]

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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!In 1870, a grand private mansion rose in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Nearly fifty years later, that home took on a new identity when Harriet Chapman purchased it and transformed it into a hospital. Within its walls, more than 3,000 children were born. Yet, alongside the joy of life, there was also loss. Patients passed away, and eventually, so did the hospital's very founders.Dr. Stimson, Dr. Blanchard, and Harriet Chapman all devoted their lives to the institution. But the end of their lives came tied to the very building they had helped create. Dr. Blanchard suffered a tragic fall down the hospital's elevator shaft. Harriet Chapman and Dr. Stimson also never left the grounds in life—or, some believe, even in death.The stories tied to Stimson Hospital are layered. People have reported strange sounds echoing from the basement, objects shifting when no one is near, and voices with no source. Perhaps most unsettling are the accounts from children who grew up inside its walls. Many spoke of an “imaginary friend” they spent time with. Oddly enough, though separated by years, the children all named the same figure: Blanchard.Today, Chris Sturgill owns the property. His connection to the building isn't just about bricks and mortar, but about preserving a story that refuses to be silenced. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Chris takes us inside the history, the lives lived and lost, and the lingering experiences that make Stimson Hospital unforgettable.#StimsonHospital #Ghosts #HauntedHospital #ParanormalExperiences #Paranormal #MichiganHistory #UnexplainedStories #MedicalMystery #HauntedHistory #TheGraveTalksLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWOIn 1870, a grand private mansion rose in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Nearly fifty years later, that home took on a new identity when Harriet Chapman purchased it and transformed it into a hospital. Within its walls, more than 3,000 children were born. Yet, alongside the joy of life, there was also loss. Patients passed away, and eventually, so did the hospital's very founders.Dr. Stimson, Dr. Blanchard, and Harriet Chapman all devoted their lives to the institution. But the end of their lives came tied to the very building they had helped create. Dr. Blanchard suffered a tragic fall down the hospital's elevator shaft. Harriet Chapman and Dr. Stimson also never left the grounds in life—or, some believe, even in death.The stories tied to Stimson Hospital are layered. People have reported strange sounds echoing from the basement, objects shifting when no one is near, and voices with no source. Perhaps most unsettling are the accounts from children who grew up inside its walls. Many spoke of an “imaginary friend” they spent time with. Oddly enough, though separated by years, the children all named the same figure: Blanchard.Today, Chris Sturgill owns the property. His connection to the building isn't just about bricks and mortar, but about preserving a story that refuses to be silenced. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Chris takes us inside the history, the lives lived and lost, and the lingering experiences that make Stimson Hospital unforgettable.#StimsonHospital #Ghosts #HauntedHospital #ParanormalExperiences #Paranormal #MichiganHistory #UnexplainedStories #MedicalMystery #HauntedHistory #TheGraveTalksLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access:

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1: Trump has arrived in China 17:32 SEGMENT 2: Cully Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at Heritage || TOPIC: Top legal headlines of the day || The redistricting fight and the Missouri Supreme Court upholding the 2025 congressional redistricting map || The Supreme Court Slaps the D.C. Court of Appeals in District of Columbia v. R.W. || Jeanine Pirro Takes On the Young Punksheritage.org x.com/cullystimson 33:15 SEGMENT 3: CHRIS’ CORNER: One job means one job. Sam Page is moonlighting https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1: Trump has arrived in China 17:32 SEGMENT 2: Cully Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at Heritage || TOPIC: Top legal headlines of the day || The redistricting fight and the Missouri Supreme Court upholding the 2025 congressional redistricting map || The Supreme Court Slaps the D.C. Court of Appeals in District of Columbia v. R.W. || Jeanine Pirro Takes On the Young Punksheritage.org x.com/cullystimson 33:15 SEGMENT 3: CHRIS’ CORNER: One job means one job. Sam Page is moonlighting https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: CULLY STIMSON (Author & Former DC Assistant United States Attorney) on Soros-Backed NGO Teaching DC Residents to Rig Juries ARTICLE: Soros-Backed NGO Is Teaching DC Residents How to Sneak onto Juries and Rig Trials Against President Trump and His Administration BOOK: Rogue Prosecutors: How Radical Soros Lawyers Are Destroying America's Communities Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, January 1, 2025 / 8 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 8 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Hans Von Spakovsky discussed: NEW YEAR’S EVE HIGHLIGHTS MTV MUSIC CHANNES SIGN OFF FOREVER INTERVIEW - CULLY STIMSON Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, January 01, 2026 / 8 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE MORAL BURDEN OF HENRY STIMSON Colleague Evan Thomas. Evan Thomas introduces Henry Stimson, the US Secretary of War, describing him as a 77-year-old "Christian gentleman" and moralist who is simultaneously a realist about the use of power. While Stimson oversaw the devastating firebombing of Tokyo, which killed 100,000 people in a single night, he harbored deep moral qualms about the war's brutality and the atomic bomb, which he viewed as a "Frankenstein monster." The segment also highlights Stimson's failing health and his contrasting relationships with Franklin Roosevelt, a fellow elite, and the newly inaugurated Harry Truman, whom he initially found difficult to engage. NUMBER 1 1945 OKINAWA

TARGETING DECISIONS AND THE ATOMIC BOMB Colleague Evan Thomas. This segment details the "Target Committee" meetings led by General Groves, who initially selected Kyoto as the primary target for the atomic bomb. Henry Stimson intervened, overruling the military to save Kyoto because of its cultural significance, fearing its destruction would brand the US as war criminals. The "Interim Committee" subsequently approved using the bomb on a "war plant surrounded by workers' homes," a vague definition attempting to balance military necessity with mass casualties. Thomas notes that a non-lethal demonstration was dismissed because officials feared a dud or Japaneseinterference would render it ineffective. NUMBER 2 1945 OKINAWA

POTSDAM, STALIN, AND THE COLD WAR Colleague Evan Thomas. At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman initially excluded Henry Stimson from meetings, favoring Jimmy Byrnes, who wanted to use the bomb to intimidate the Soviet Union. Truman wrote in his diary that the bomb would hit a purely military target, a claim Thomassuggests was a form of denial regarding the inevitable civilian deaths. Stimson urged Truman to trust the Soviets and share the weapon to prevent an arms race, but the administration ultimately chose to use the bomb as diplomatic leverage, foreshadowing the onset of the Cold War. NUMBER 5 1945 OKINAWA

POST-WAR REFLECTIONS AND REGRETS Colleague Evan Thomas. In the war's aftermath, Henry Stimsonretired feeling guilty, fearing that scientific progress, exemplified by the bomb, had outpaced human morality. General Spaatz was similarly haunted by his role in killing civilians, with his granddaughter recalling him moaning in his sleep. Conversely, Shigenori Togo, despite being sentenced to 20 years in prison, died with a clear conscience knowing he fought for peace. Thomas concludes by noting that Togo remains largely unhonored in modern Japan, a nation that remains ambivalent about its responsibility for the war. NUMBER 8 1945 OKINAWA

HEADLINE: The Potsdam Conference and the Exclusion of Stimson GUEST AUTHOR: Evan Thomas SUMMARY: At the Potsdam Conference, Truman excluded Stimson, favoring Secretary of State Byrnes's desire to use the bomb to intimidate the Soviets. While Stimson briefly advocated for sharing nuclear secrets to build trust, Truman issued the bomb order, recording in his diary the false belief that the target was purely military

Henry Stimson's Moral Struggle with Firebombing and the Atomic Bomb: Colleague Evan Thomas introduces Secretary of War Henry Stimson, a "Christian gentleman" and realist who agonized over the morality of war, noting that while overseeing the firebombing of Tokyo and the "Frankenstein monster" of the atomic bomb, Stimson struggled with the conflict between his moral vision and the necessity of using power. 1935 TOKYO

Selecting the Target and Stimson's Intervention to Save Kyoto: Colleague Evan Thomas explains that the Target Committee sought to destroy a city to demonstrate the bomb's power, initially selecting Kyoto until Stimson overruled General Groves to save the cultural capital, with the Interim Committee dismissing a demonstration strike and deciding to bomb war plants surrounded by worker housing despite incoherent discussions regarding radiation dangers. 1931 TOKYO

 HEADLINE: Post-War Guilt and the Legacy of Stimson, Spaatz, and Togo GUEST AUTHOR: Evan Thomas SUMMARY: After the war, Henry Stimson and General Spaatz were haunted by guilt, fearing science had outpaced human morality. Foreign Minister Togo died in prison serving a sentence for war crimes, believing he did his best for peace, though he remains largely uncelebrated in modern ambivalent Japan.

In the 7 AM hour, Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: GUEST: Cully Stimson on Hegseth Boat Strike Controversy HEGSETH CONTROVERSY: Military Experts Defend Cartel Boat Strikes as Lawful GUEST: Dr. Marc Siegel on Trump’s MRI Results Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 / 7 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: CULLY STIMSON (Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation) on the Hegseth Drug Boat Strike and Military Law Questions SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/CullyStimson HERITAGE ANALYSIS: Hegseth Boat Strike: Legal and Necessary Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 / 7 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: CULLY STIMSON (Deputy Director, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation) on Democrats Urging Troops to Refuse Orders WEBSITE: Heritage.org ARTICLE: 30-Year JAG Veteran Schools Democrats for Video Calling for Sedition in the Military Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Friday, November 21, 2025 / 6 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 6 AM hour, Andrew Langer and Patrice Onwuka discussed: WMAL GUEST: CULLY STIMSON (Deputy Director, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation) on His Daily Signal Article: "30-Year JAG Veteran Schools Democrats for Video Calling for Sedition in the Military" WMAL GUEST: MICHELLE HOLLAND (Spokesperson, Virginia Department of Transportation) on the I-495 Express Lanes Extension Opening This Saturday CAPITOL SCARE: A Fire Erupted in the U.S. Capitol Trolley System Tunnels Last Night Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Friday, November 21, 2025 / 6 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! In 1870, a grand private mansion rose in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Nearly fifty years later, that home took on a new identity when Harriet Chapman purchased it and transformed it into a hospital. Within its walls, more than 3,000 children were born. Yet, alongside the joy of life, there was also loss. Patients passed away, and eventually, so did the hospital's very founders. Dr. Stimson, Dr. Blanchard, and Harriet Chapman all devoted their lives to the institution. But the end of their lives came tied to the very building they had helped create. Dr. Blanchard suffered a tragic fall down the hospital's elevator shaft. Harriet Chapman and Dr. Stimson also never left the grounds in life—or, some believe, even in death. The stories tied to Stimson Hospital are layered. People have reported strange sounds echoing from the basement, objects shifting when no one is near, and voices with no source. Perhaps most unsettling are the accounts from children who grew up inside its walls. Many spoke of an “imaginary friend” they spent time with. Oddly enough, though separated by years, the children all named the same figure: Blanchard. Today, Chris Sturgill owns the property. His connection to the building isn't just about bricks and mortar, but about preserving a story that refuses to be silenced. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Chris takes us inside the history, the lives lived and lost, and the lingering experiences that make Stimson Hospital unforgettable. This is Part One of our conversation with Chris Sturgill about the legacy and mysteries of Stimson Hospital. #StimsonHospital #EatonRapids #HospitalHistory #ParanormalExperiences #HistoricHospitals #MichiganHistory #UnexplainedStories #MedicalMystery #HauntedHistory #TheGraveTalks Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! In 1870, a grand private mansion rose in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Nearly fifty years later, that home took on a new identity when Harriet Chapman purchased it and transformed it into a hospital. Within its walls, more than 3,000 children were born. Yet, alongside the joy of life, there was also loss. Patients passed away, and eventually, so did the hospital's very founders. Dr. Stimson, Dr. Blanchard, and Harriet Chapman all devoted their lives to the institution. But the end of their lives came tied to the very building they had helped create. Dr. Blanchard suffered a tragic fall down the hospital's elevator shaft. Harriet Chapman and Dr. Stimson also never left the grounds in life—or, some believe, even in death. The stories tied to Stimson Hospital are layered. People have reported strange sounds echoing from the basement, objects shifting when no one is near, and voices with no source. Perhaps most unsettling are the accounts from children who grew up inside its walls. Many spoke of an “imaginary friend” they spent time with. Oddly enough, though separated by years, the children all named the same figure: Blanchard. Today, Chris Sturgill owns the property. His connection to the building isn't just about bricks and mortar, but about preserving a story that refuses to be silenced. In this episode of The Grave Talks, Chris takes us inside the history, the lives lived and lost, and the lingering experiences that make Stimson Hospital unforgettable. This is Part Two of our conversation with Chris Sturgill about the legacy and mysteries of Stimson Hospital. #StimsonHospital #EatonRapids #HospitalHistory #ParanormalExperiences #HistoricHospitals #MichiganHistory #UnexplainedStories #MedicalMystery #HauntedHistory #TheGraveTalks Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  4/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1941 KYIV At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  6/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  5/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  7/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  3/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1942 UKRAINE At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  2/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1940 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  1/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1918 GERMANY IN UKRSINE At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  8/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 2945 TOKYO At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.