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|iroshima and Nagasaki, the two Japan*** citi** which w*r*
almost completely demolish*d by atom bombs dropp*d by U.S.
B-29 planes in August, 1945, ar* one* again thriving, bustling
placcs with som* stark reminders of th*ir blackest days l*ft among
their rebuilt structures. Hiroshima was attacked on August 6. An
? stiniat*d 100,000 persons died in th* explosion. Three days later,
an A-bcmb was dropped on the port of Nagasaki, killing approxi
mately 70,000 citizens.
Once again, Hiroshima is a busy transportation center of about
300,000 population, roughly the same as in pre-atomic days. Its once
beautiful Industrial Promotion Hall? a gaunt skeleton against the
sky-is being left in that condition as a memorial. Nagasaki once
more is a lively port of some 240,000, also about the same as before
the bombing. Its harbor is full of ships; its Mitsubishi shipyard and
steel mill are fully employed. In 1949, on the fourth anniversary of
the bombing, its residents approved a bill passed by the Japanese
Diet to make Nagasaki an International Cultural City to "promote
the international interchange of cultures and achieve the ideal of
eternal peace in the world." Work is progressing on the construction
of a center which will include among others a Cultural Hall and
a Peace Library.
Pictured here are the 1952 Hiroshima and Nagasaki, s*v*n y*ars
after the A-bomb blasts that wrecked them.
NAGASAKI - 1945
ACRES OF RUBBLE. All that remained
of a large section of Hiroshima after the
searing blast of the atom bomb on Aug*
ust 6, 1945. A few buildings, in far
background, escaped total destruction.
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? HIROSHIMA TODAY
SHOPPING CENTER. Pedestrians stroll along Hondoori, Hiroshima's main shopping street, in heart of city.
PLAYTIME. Pupilt of Hirothimo's modern Motokowo .grammar ichool watch and anjoy gam* of baikotball.
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I FOLIAGE. Trees line MiyiAi Bridge avenue. After A-bomb blast many said city would never have trees again.
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