[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I have been to Hiroshima. I was working, not on vacation, in 1999. The Japanese people I met there were very friendly and nobody mentioned 1945.

Here is a great movie (free on youtube) about the first atomic bombs. There are 3 parts and the total is about 3 hours. Actors play Truman, Gen. Groves, head of the US Corps of Engineers, Oppenheimer and other scientists, Churchill, Stalin, Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, Emperor Hirohito, many other high level Japanese officials, Truman's cabinet members, and many others, including film clips of Japanese who were in or near the Hiroshima blast. I thought that the portrayal of Henry Stimson, Truman's Secretary of War, was memorable because he insisted that the city of Kyoto not be targeted because of its cultural and religious significance. The music is very impressive, written by Arvo Part and others. This is the first video from the film. There are two others on youtube

[DoughtyOne]

The trip must have been interesting.

My dad was serving in Japan directly after the war. He
had occasion to travel a distance on public transportation
and was offered a seat by a pregnant woman. He refused it.

He said he was treated very kindly by the people he met
there.

I appreciate the recommendation of the movie. I’ll
check it out.