Acclaimed scientists debate use of atomic bombs in Japan
The piece reflects on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, arguing the bombings served strategic aims for the United States amid the early Cold War. It contrasts views of Japanese scholars and U.S. observers, notes memorials, survivor memories, and questions whether the bombs shortened the war or caused immense suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Japan
United States
Jimmy Carter
Peace Museum
Ceremonies mark bombing protests across nation and world
Anti nuclear activists held protests at Seneca Army Depot and in Syracuse with planned weekend actions including a 22 mile walk and a sunrise-era bell toll. National events featured paper cranes in San Francisco and civic pauses in Maryland and Boston as groups urge peace and reflect on Hiroshima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 8. Zemanek
For Peace and Justice
Pam Flanigan
Sampson State Park
Seneca Army Depot
Syracuse
Pax Christi
Syracuse Peace Council
Hiroshima
New York City
Japan
New York
Portland
Hugene
Ore
Boston
Waltham
Cambridge
Mass
Alvin Weinberg
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chicago
Greenpeace
Elaine Scott Banks
Greenpeace Great
Rita Inoway
Harry Hughes
William D. Borders
Baltimore
Wilshire Boulevard
Ocean
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Tibbets holds no regrets over Hiroshima bomb drop
The 70 year old former pilot Paul Tibbets recalls the Enola Gay mission on August 6, 1945 from six miles up, describing the blaze, mushroom cloud, and shock wave. He argues the atomic strike shortened the war, saving many lives, and says the event is recorded as history with no change possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Hiroshima
Paul Tibbets
Tibbets
Japan
509Th Composite
Tinian
South Pacific
Maj
Thomas Ferebee
America
Necessity or Atrocity in Hiroshima Question
Professor Masatsugo Matsuo of Hiroshima University asks why a second atomic bomb was dropped after the first to terrorize Japan into surrender. He questions strategic logic and reflects on wartime ethics and civilian harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osamu Oshii
Hiroshima University
Faculty of
Japan
United States
Professor Oshii
Oshii
America
U.S
Pacific
Institute For Peace Science
Masatsugo Matsuo
Mori Yuji
Mori
Professor Matsuo
Nagasaki
Kokura
Okinawa
Motoyasu Bridge
Peace Park
Matsuo
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Yorktown
China
Harbin
Old Fort
Manila
Philippines
Nanjing
Seoul
South Korea
Min
Orient
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Sumitomo Bank
Friede
Michael Browning
Miami Herald
Far East
Peking
UPI Telephoto
Performing Artists For Nuclear Disarmament
Wee Sé
Uss
Syracuse Herald-Journal
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