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Ralph Austin Bard (July 29, 1884 – April 5, 1975) was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a Japanese city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented from the use of the atomic bomb without advance warning."

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  • Ralph Austin Bard
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  • Ralph Austin Bard (July 29, 1884 – April 5, 1975) was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a Japanese city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented from the use of the atomic bomb without advance warning."
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  • 1941-02-24(xsd:date)
  • 1944-06-24(xsd:date)
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  • 1884-07-29(xsd:date)
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  • Mary Hancock Spear
Name
  • Ralph Austin Bard
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  • 150(xsd:integer)
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  • Ralph Austin Bard as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1942.
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Alma mater
  • Princeton University
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  • Republican
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  • Cleveland, Ohio
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  • 1944-06-24(xsd:date)
  • 1945-06-30(xsd:date)
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  • 1975-04-05(xsd:date)
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  • --06-24
  • --02-24
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  • financier
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  • Ralph Austin Bard signature.jpg
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  • Ralph Austin Bard (July 29, 1884 – April 5, 1975) was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a Japanese city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented from the use of the atomic bomb without advance warning."
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