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would impress the Russians, so we used it.”
Drea also presented a series of Japanese messages captured and
decoded by American intelligence forces in 1945. The messages
showed Japanese soldiers were under strict orders to fight to the
death against the American invasion of the southernmost Japan
ese island, Kyushu. Drea said Japanese soldiers were trained in
suicide tactics to prepare for the invasion of Kyushu.
“The Japanese were trained in kamikaze tactics that would in
flict losses of tremendous numbers on the United States forces,”
he said. “They appeared to have little to lose and everything to
gain, and they showed no evidence of defeatism or pessimism.”
Drea concluded his lecture without defending or rejecting the
decision made by United States officials. He instead asked his au
dience what they would have done if faced with the decision
whether to use the atomic bombs.
His second lecture outlined Emperor Hirohito’s involvement with
the war and the hierarchal structure of his military staff. He explained
that the dissension which existed among Japanese officials and their
endeavors and failed efforts to come out of the war victorious.
Drea gave the audience an introduction to Hirohito’s personality
and leadership style, saying the emperor was a “passivist, introvert
ed and timid and generally uncomfortable around other people.”
“War with the United States was inevitable,” Drea said.
Many people over the years have questioned Hirohito’s deci
sion to enter the war considering his passive demeanor. Drea said
the pressure of the emperor’s subjects, military and high-ranking
officials drove him to plunge Japan into war.
Drea questioned Hirohito’s prior knowledge that Pearl Harbor
was going to be bombed.
“Hailed as a passivist, tried as a war criminal and dismissed as a
robot, Hirohito’s role in the Pacific war remained superficial,” he said.
He said it was likely Hirohito was misled and deceived by his
military advisers and manipulated by his general.
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BY BROOKE HODGES
The Battalion
Kathleen Roney, a Texas A&M bus
driver and a senior animal science ma
jor, and the more than 300 other stu
dent bus drivers will receive thanks to
day in celebration of Bus Driver
Appreciation Day.
Gary Jackson, Bus Operations man
ager, said he and other Bus Operations
managers will have refreshments
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“We will have rest stops at the MSC, predation Day, today,
the Thigon area and maybe the North- p ast two semesters, said slit
side Parking Garage, he said.
Jackson said refreshments will be
handed out by volunteers from the As
sociation of Texas Aggie Bus Drivers and
the Drivers’ Advocacy Team, both of
which are made up of and designed to
serve Aggie bus drivers.
Jackson said the organizations are re
sponsible for the decorations seen the
bus windows this weekend in support of
the Texas A&M Football Team. He said
the groups plan to continue decorating
buses for the rest of the football season.
Roney, who has driven buses for the
job because of the advanta®;^
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campus sports facilities. Check the
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and locations of events at
acs.tamu.edu/~t0y0469. For more
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board meeting at 7 p.m. at the
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CAMAC: There will be a general
meeting and dance lessons in 230
MSC at 7 p.m.
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be from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in Rudder
701. For more information, contact
Jason at 731-1126.
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head aims to limit engineering stu
dents’ Q-drops,” the number of Q-
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the 1999-2000 Undergraduate
Catalog, "Undergraduate students
will normally be permitted three Q-
drops during their undergraduate
studies. Additional Q-drops will be
allowed only in unusual circum
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