Thousands of miles away aboard the Augusta in the Atlantic, at nearly this exact moment, Truman was attending his own church services in the ship’s forward mess hall, for it was still August 5—a Sunday. Truman was the butt of jokes that morning, because he had “overslept”—remaining in bed past five thirty. With Byrnes and the Augusta’s skipper, Captain James Foskett, by his side, Truman prayed as the ship’s chaplain, Kenneth Perkins, led the group in a hymn: Faith of our fathers, we will strive To win all nations unto Thee And through the truth that comes from God Mankind shall then indeed
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While the first bomb was on its way
