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'Lucky' Yamaguchi, the man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, dies aged 93
Daily Mail ^
| January 6, 2010
| Wil Longbottom
Posted on 01/06/2010 8:59:27 PM PST by bogusname
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognised as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at the age of 93. Mr Yamaguchi, known as 'Lucky', was in Hiroshima on a business trip for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on August 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body as well as temporary blindness and spent the night in the city. He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, about 190 miles to the southwest, which suffered a second U.S. atomic bomb attack just three days later. On August 15, 1945, Japan surrended - ending the war. Mr Yamaguchi died on Monday morning from stomach cancer, according to Japanese newspapers. It is not clear if the cancer is related to his exposure to radiation...
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: atomicbomb; bomb; hiroshima; nagasaki; obituary; radiation; wwii; yamaguchi
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I wouldn't exactly call him lucky.
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posted on
01/06/2010 8:59:30 PM PST
by
bogusname
To: bogusname
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:07:28 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: bogusname
I wouldn't exactly call him lucky. yeah. that would be a bogus name...
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:08:42 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 350 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: bogusname
To: bogusname
He later became the creature known as "Godzilla."
(Cue that "eeeiiiinnnuhhhuuddd" noise that Godzilla makes)
To: bogusname
You wouldn’t? Surviving those blasts and living to 93 years old? I would say he was VERY LUCKY.
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:16:44 PM PST
by
cubreporter
( Rush is coming back on Wed. Welcome back Rush. God bless you for all you do for all of us.)
To: bogusname
He is luckier than Lucky the 3 legged dog.
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:20:09 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: bogusname
The guy is lucky. He suffered burns and most likely radiation sickness from the explosions.
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:26:20 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Werner Von Braun)
To: bogusname
He was 93 and they want to speculate that his cancer was caused by the atom bombs?
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:27:17 PM PST
by
Williams
(It's the policies, stupid)
To: cubreporter
I agree most of us will not live to see 93.
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:29:12 PM PST
by
mtnjimmi
(“When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.” Max Lerner)
To: bogusname
age of 93... Mr Yamaguchi died on Monday morning from stomach cancer, according to Japanese newspapers. It is not clear if the cancer is related to his exposure to radiation...
Hmmm. He was 93 and August 1945 was over 64 years ago.
Maybe he was a smoker and that's what caused it.../s
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:30:09 PM PST
by
eldoradude
(Let's water the tree of liberty with THEIR blood...)
To: bogusname
“Lucky” gives new meaning to being in the wrong place at the wrong time!
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:30:39 PM PST
by
lonestar
(Obama and his czars have turned Bush's "mess" into a national crisis!)
To: lonestar
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:31:40 PM PST
by
bogusname
(Banish All Liberals)
To: bogusname
Mrs. "Lucky"? (snort)
To: lonestar
Back then, had no effective treatment against radiation sickness. Just imagine the agony this guy went through twice.
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:33:20 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Werner Von Braun)
To: Ditter
He is luckier than Lucky the 3 legged dog. Reminds me of Lucky the 3-legged pig. I heard that the pig got the name of Lucky because when his owner had gotten stuck up to his chest in mud and couldn't get out, Lucky had trotted over and pulled him out. His owner also said that the pig had helped his wife win a pick 3 lotto game by tapping out the winning numbers with a hoof when it noticed her filling out a ticket. I then asked him why the pig had only 3 legs. He replied that gosh, you sure couldn't eat a pig like that all at once. :D
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:35:35 PM PST
by
eldoradude
(Let's water the tree of liberty with THEIR blood...)
To: Williams
He was 93 and they want to speculate that his cancer was caused by the atom bombs? That's liberal wisdom for you.
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:37:48 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: BookmanTheJanitor
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:38:45 PM PST
by
bogusname
(Banish All Liberals)
To: bogusname
I used to work for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. I've been to both the factory in Hiroshima and the shipyards in Nagasaki. The shipyards at Nagasaki built most of the fleet which attacked Pearl Harbor and were the primary target. But as luck would have it, they were shrouded in fog and the other side of the bay, which contained the secondary target, the Mitsubishi Steel Works, was clear.
The Nagasaki bomb was, sadly, unnecessary. The Japanese had passed their intentions to capitulate through their supposedly neutral intermediary, the Soviet Union. The Russians sat on this information long enough to declare war on Japan and help themselves to some major spoils.
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:41:21 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: sonofstrangelove
Just imagine the agony this guy went through twice.He probably suffered the affects of both simultaneously...being only 3 days apart...maybe twice as bad?
I don't like to think about it!
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posted on
01/06/2010 9:41:43 PM PST
by
lonestar
(Obama and his czars have turned Bush's "mess" into a national crisis!)
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