Saturday, August 09, 2008

NEVER FORGET August 6 & 9,1945

The world witnessed the first nuclear attacks on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945.

"Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed on August 9 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki.

The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945, roughly half on the days of the bombings. Since then, thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs. In both cities, the overwhelming majority of the dead were civilians.

We must never let this happen again, let's PRAY FOR PEACE, ACT FOR PEACE


Never forget: Read on here, pictures and accounts here and many more here.

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