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Atomic Bombing Of Japan
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Atomic Bombing Of Japan
Discusses purpose & effects of U.S. decision to develop the bomb & use it on Japan, not so much to shorten the war as to demonstrate American military supremacy.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
13 sources |
1989
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"It was the 6th of August, that much we knew when the boys took off in the morning dew. Feeling nervous, sick and ill at ease, they flew at the heart of the Japanese (Yass 72).As they approached Hiroshima in the Enola Gay, they all had hopeful looks on their faces. "Not long now, folks . . . the Colonel and I are standing by and giving the boys what they want . . . There will be a short intermission while we bomb our target
. . . My God!" (Yass 73) As the great bomb plummeted from the sky, the crew turned the plane broadside to get the best view, which was described as a "terrific spectacle." A mass of purplish gray dust about three miles in diameter, the lower part of the mushroom as well as the top was all boiling. The mushroom smoke had reached the same altitude of the plane when another mushroom arose just as (...)"
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