Keywords: Ralph Austin Bard signature.jpg en United States Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Austin Bard's signature cropped from his famous memorandum to Secretary of War Henry L Stimson advocating a warning to Japan before dropping the atomic bomb A facsimile of the memorandum is found at http //www gwu edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/23 pdf Memorandum on the Use of S-1 Bomb United States National Archives and Records Administration RG 77 MED H-B files folder no 77 microfilm Ralph A Bard 1945-06-27 Files by User Cuppysfriend Signatures of people from the United States Businesspeople from the United States United States federal executive department officials Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki June 1945 1945 in Washington D C PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States |