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August 6th, 1945

Sixty three years ago today, on a day that will live in perpetual infamy, the Americans made the first use of a nuclear weapon, destroying Hiroshima and killing 140,000 innocent civilians.

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Nothing can forgive, and nothing can make us forget.

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No No No Nuclear :.(

Posted by: Chris | Sep 13, 2009 5:59:08 AM

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were very good things.

Why?

Because my Uncles and Great Uncles and Grandfathers were going to have to land on the southern Japanese islands and possibly die.

No grandfather, no father, no me.

Posted by: Lee | Oct 14, 2011 2:40:05 AM