Match the following items. 1. American commander in the Pacific Lieutant Colonel James Doolittle 2. led the Tokyo bombing attack General MacArthur 3. approved use of the atomic bomb President Truman

1. General MacArthur was the American Commander in the Pacific.

2. Colonel James Doolittle led the Toyko bombing attack

3. President Truman approved use of the atomic bomb.

1. American commander in the Pacific - - - General MacArthur

2. Led the Tokyo bombing attack - - - Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle

3. Approved use of the atomic bomb - - - President Truman

Explanation:

1 - Douglas MacArthur, born January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas, was an American general. He was the Chief of Staff of the US Army in the 1930s and played a leading role in the Pacific Theater of World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service during the Philippines campaign. He is one of only five people to have reached the rank of Army General in the US Army.

2 - James Doolittle was an American pilot, pioneer in the development of aviation between World War I and World War II. He is most known for being a USAAF officer during World War II, in which he conceived and led in April 1942 the first bombing of Tokyo by US forces, known as the Doolittle Raid.

3 - The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks ordered by Harry S. Truman, president of the United States, against the Empire of Japan.