Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, 8:15 AM, JLT





Forty-three seconds after releasing Little Boy, the pilot was alerted to the blast by radioactivity tingling in his teeth and the metallic taste from electrolysis on his tongue. Ten and a half miles away, many thousands in Hiroshima had already vanished. A massive firestorm would grip the city within minutes.

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the event.

The photograph of the blast was found in a Japanese elementary school earlier this year. It was taken about ten kilometers from the city and thirty seconds after the explosion. The photographer is unknown.

Here is a link to a fascinating Harry S. Truman Library and Museum archive of  material relating to the decision to drop the atomic bomb.


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