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That diary is a fantastic read. The language, the drama, the bird's eye view of one of the most pivotal moments in world history. Beats fiction any day.
by dangayle 12y ago
That diary is a fantastic read. The language, the drama, the bird's eye view of one of the most pivotal moments in world history. Beats fiction any day.
- mjfisher 12y agoAlso interesting to note is the partial redaction of a sentence immediately after the bomb was dropped a few pages later. It's been literally cut out of the paper: http://www.mphpa.org/classic/COLLECTIONS/CG-ASPI/01/Pages/CGP-ASPI-026.htm http://www.mphpa.org/classic/COLLECTIONS/CG-ASPI/01/Pages/CG...
- ckozlowski 12y agoI'm reading this page here: http://www.mphpa.org/classic/COLLECTIONS/CG-ASPI/01/Pages/CGP-ASPI-030.htm http://www.mphpa.org/classic/COLLECTIONS/CG-ASPI/01/Pages/CG... Just thought I'd share some of my puzzlement here; but it sounded as if they'd dropped a third atomic bomb. I though this unlikely, unless the diary is revealing a secret kept (the drop sounds as if it'd failed), but then I came across this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_bomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_bomb So, in addition to the nuclear models, they dropped identical conventional bombs of that type as well. Never knew that.
- HNJohnC 12y agoThe mass murder, yeah, great stuff.