Sixty-four years ago

Posted by Tory Historian Thursday, August 06, 2009 ,


Not a round date but here is a slightly unusual photograph connected with Hiroshima. This is an aerial view of the USAAF North Field on Tinian Island, from which the B-29 bombers flew. That included the ones to Hiroshima on august 6, 1945 and Nagasaki 1945. The picture comes courtesy of DefenseImagery.mil, the Department of Defense's prime image website that is open to all.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki bring out a great deal of wailing and gnashing of teeth. Tory Historian feels no compunction at all in linking to this article on American Thinker, which reminds us all of the many thousands of lives thate were saved by the swift conclusion of the war in the Pacific.

1 Responses to Sixty-four years ago

  1. For example, 70,000 Japanese killed on 6 August 1945, versus 110,000 Japanese killed in the battle for Okinawa alone.

     
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