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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The Japanese gave us more warning (by several hours) on Pearl Harbor.
Yep...it’s interesting to look at participants of the Potsdam Conference (which included the Soviets) and the Potsdam Declaration/Ultimatum which was issued to Japan. The Soviets did not sign on to the ultimatum whose only signatories were the US, Great Britain and Chiang Kai Shek’s China.
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