William D. Leahy
Other U.S. military officers who disagreed with the necessity of the bombings include General of the Army [[Douglas MacArthur]], [[Fleet admiral (United States)|Fleet Admiral]] [[William D. Leahy]] (the Chief of Staff to the President), Brigadier General Carter Clarke (the military intelligence officer who prepared intercepted Japanese cables for U.S. officials), Fleet Admiral [[Chester W. Nimitz]] (Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet), Fleet Admiral [[William Halsey Jr.]] (Commander of the US Third Fleet), and even the man in charge of all strategic air operations against the Japanese home islands, then-Major General [[Curtis LeMay]]: