Tag Archives: Hiroshima

August 6, Plus 1

August 7, 2023 – 12:08 am

The survivors of the Hiroshima attack woke on August 7 to the horrific aftermath of an A-Bomb explosion.’ According the military records published by Wikipedia some 80,000 people or almost 30% of the population of Hiroshima were killed by the blast and ensuing firestorm. Another 70,000 civilians were gravely injured by Fat Boy. U.S. surveys […]

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Hiroshima Plus One Month 1945

August 6, 2023 – 10:47 am

This rare photo of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud was taken on August 6, 1945. The Hiroshima bombing claimed approximately 120,000 lives and the subsequent leveling of Nagasaki annihilated 80,000. The US military strategists have long held that these two attacks saved over a million US troops by forcing the Japanese Empire to surrender to the […]

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Boom

August 18, 2021 – 1:23 pm

Tomorrow my older brother is visiting New York. He is taking a two-day legal deposition for his law firm. Frank called from his hotel and asked, “Can I take you to dinner?” I had $5 in my pocket and over the last three weeks, Alice has been riding me, “Who paid for this?” or “Who […]

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Nagasaki Plus One Month 1945

August 6, 2021 – 1:05 pm

This rare photo of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud was taken on August 6, 1945. The Hiroshima bombing claimed approximately 120,000 lives and the subsequent leveling of Nagasaki annihilated 80,000. The US military strategists have long held that these two attacks saved over a million US troops by forcing the Japanese Empire to surrender to the […]

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