U.S. drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki 62 years ago today

I am not writing a piece that does this tragedy justice, but instead posting to remember this horrific event.

Please refer to the link in the last post for important information on what lead up to the bombings and information on tests that were done right here in the U.S. The testing was done on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico.

To view a website with some of Truman and Stimson's diaries, click here.

George Weller was a journalist who snuck into Nagasaki after the bombing to report on the devastation. At the time, General Douglas MacArthur had declared the area "off-limits".
His account of what was going on was censored by the US government. After his death, carbon copies of his writings were discovered. They are now featured in the book, First Into Nagasaki. Check it out from your local library, and if they don't have it, tell them to order it.

To read/listen/watch a Democracy Now segment with Anthony Weller, son of George Weller, click here.

To listen to NPR's Talk of the Nation program with guest Anthony Weller, son of George Weller, click here.

To view the Nagasaki Peace declaration made by Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki, click here.