Today is the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Roughly 80,000 innocent Japanese citizens (women and children included) were instantly vaporized. More died shortly after and thousands more suffered the horrible affects of radiation illness for decades later. I haven't seen much in the mainstream media about this today. The blogs are full of stories and remembrances though. This makes me thankful.
I won't get into the politics of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but I will say this. I am reasonably sure that 80,000 Japanese had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.
For these souls that were instantly turned into the wind on that day I take a moment of silence. More information about Hiroshima can be found at the Hiroshima Peace Park site.
My mom's was born on August 6th 1946. My grandmother decided to name her "Maria Paz" (Mary Peace). Indeed a day to keep in our memory.
Aside from that I'd like to recall the Dresden bombing that killed over 100.000 in three days and devastated the city. This horror was made famous by Kurt Vonnegut in his novel "Slaughterhouse 5"
Posted by: Marcos | August 07, 2007 at 03:57 PM
Happy Birthday Maria Paz!
Posted by: Jeannette | August 07, 2007 at 10:13 PM