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Two years ago today :
President Obama Visits Hiroshima
President Obama visited Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday, making a brief but historic visit that he hopes will bolster an important ally and remind the world of the dangers of nuclear weapons.
He visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and signed the guest book. He also laid a wreath at the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which commemorates the victims of the atomic bomb the United States dropped there in 1945.
Tears and Memories: A View From the Crowd
Alongside President Obama’s motorcade route as he concluded his remarks inside the peace park, thousands of people waited in the hope they would see him, many watching the ceremony on their cellphones.
Tomoko Miyoshi, 50, wept as she watched the president’s speech on her phone.
“I am simply grateful for his visit,” said Ms. Miyoshi, who lost 10 relatives in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
On Thursday, she visited the graves of her great-grandmother and great-grandfather, both of whom died within a week of the bombing. “I told them, President Obama is coming to visit,” she said.
As Mr. Obama laid the wreath at the cenotaph, Ms. Miyoshi put her hands together in prayer and bowed.
Nearby, Rio Monzen, 20, a college junior majoring in international relations, said his grandfather was a bomb survivor.
“He always kept saying, ‘I hate that the United States has done such an awful thing,’ ” Mr. Monzen said.
He said that he was disappointed the president would not be offering an apology for the bombing but that he was still grateful for the visit.
He said he hoped that the occasion would prompt Americans who thought dropping the atomic bomb was justified to reconsider. “I hope that sometime in the future, they will start to realize that this was not the right thing,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/president-obama-hiroshima-japan/obama-becomes-1st-sitting-president-to-visit-hiroshima/
The question of apology ? After watching this footage from Okinawa April 6, 1944. I don't think so !
" Lest we forget "
President Obama Visits Hiroshima
President Obama visited Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday, making a brief but historic visit that he hopes will bolster an important ally and remind the world of the dangers of nuclear weapons.
He visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and signed the guest book. He also laid a wreath at the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which commemorates the victims of the atomic bomb the United States dropped there in 1945.
Tears and Memories: A View From the Crowd
Alongside President Obama’s motorcade route as he concluded his remarks inside the peace park, thousands of people waited in the hope they would see him, many watching the ceremony on their cellphones.
Tomoko Miyoshi, 50, wept as she watched the president’s speech on her phone.
“I am simply grateful for his visit,” said Ms. Miyoshi, who lost 10 relatives in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
On Thursday, she visited the graves of her great-grandmother and great-grandfather, both of whom died within a week of the bombing. “I told them, President Obama is coming to visit,” she said.
As Mr. Obama laid the wreath at the cenotaph, Ms. Miyoshi put her hands together in prayer and bowed.
Nearby, Rio Monzen, 20, a college junior majoring in international relations, said his grandfather was a bomb survivor.
“He always kept saying, ‘I hate that the United States has done such an awful thing,’ ” Mr. Monzen said.
He said that he was disappointed the president would not be offering an apology for the bombing but that he was still grateful for the visit.
He said he hoped that the occasion would prompt Americans who thought dropping the atomic bomb was justified to reconsider. “I hope that sometime in the future, they will start to realize that this was not the right thing,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/president-obama-hiroshima-japan/obama-becomes-1st-sitting-president-to-visit-hiroshima/
The question of apology ? After watching this footage from Okinawa April 6, 1944. I don't think so !
" Lest we forget "
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Great share SGT John " Mac " McConnell
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SrA Christopher Wright SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth SGT Jim Arnold CPL Dave HooverSgt Randy Wilber SSG David Andrews MSgt John McGowan TSgt Joe C. SPC Mike Lake PO3 Steven Sherrill SFC Sczymanski James L.
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SrA Christopher Wright SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth SGT Jim Arnold CPL Dave HooverSgt Randy Wilber SSG David Andrews MSgt John McGowan TSgt Joe C. SPC Mike Lake PO3 Steven Sherrill SFC Sczymanski James L.
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What I noticed about Hiroshima most was that it had all been rebuilt. This church was right below the airburst. They have a Peace Park shrine and museum there.
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