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48. This right here.

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This date marks the 78th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb over Hiroshima. [View all] ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 OP

I saw Oppenheimer yesterday on an IMAX screen. lamp_shade Aug 2023 #1

I saw it on IMAX as well. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #3

I remember hiding under Tickle Aug 2023 #2

Me too. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #5

WOW that's so cool about your dad! Tickle Aug 2023 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2023 #8

We Duck and covering in the 70's and early eighties still. Bluethroughu Aug 2023 #14

Where Were You? ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #39

Same in Ohio. Xavier Breath Aug 2023 #41

I was in northern Illinois near Chain o Lakes. Bluethroughu Aug 2023 #44

Wow, That's Weird! ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #49

I'm not sure but the alarm rang differently for tornado or bomb. Bluethroughu Aug 2023 #62

Surprising ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #63

That's suprizing so few times with having to deal with drills, Bluethroughu Aug 2023 #64

i remember tornado drills in the hallway when i was in orleans Aug 2023 #50

I'm Just A Little Older ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #55

I could remember sitting under the desk during the sirens, and thinking... Bluethroughu Aug 2023 #15

IN THE KING OF PRUSSIA: THE TRIAL OF THE PLOWSHARES 8 stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #4

The community loudspeaker alarm in my Japanese neighborhood went off this morning to betsuni Aug 2023 #6

Neither bomb was necessary 303squadron Aug 2023 #9

Yeah but what about Pearl Harbor? jimfields33 Aug 2023 #13

Not an EQUAL comparison 303squadron Aug 2023 #16

Once again, you're imposing western logic on Japanese thinking at the time. paleotn Aug 2023 #23

Japanese thinking 303squadron Aug 2023 #37

The ones that survived were part of the peace party. paleotn Aug 2023 #47

This right here. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #48

How many Chinese died? VGNonly Aug 2023 #43

Oh, so we forced the Japanese to commit war crimes. Is that it? paleotn Aug 2023 #45

Battle of Manila VGNonly Aug 2023 #46

No, they weren't. I took two imperial rescripts from Hirohito to end it. paleotn Aug 2023 #51

The Kyujo Incident. VGNonly Aug 2023 #53

With all due respect, it was a total war. Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #42

Really? paleotn Aug 2023 #21

I don't agree...it would have been Okinawa all over again. They would not surrender and would Demsrule86 Aug 2023 #29

When such information such as that found sarisataka Aug 2023 #52

The most influential event on the boomer generation happened before we were born Walleye Aug 2023 #10

The two greatest acts of racism were dropped on Japanese innocents...war crimes, unprosecuted. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #11

The appropos day for this: lastlib Aug 2023 #12

RIP Professor Dr. Strange Aug 2023 #58

Hiroshima WestMichRad Aug 2023 #17

They Did This Song On... ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #40

That bomb saved millions of lives both Japanese and the Allies too Botany Aug 2023 #18

Over my life time, I've wavered on this issue, but at the end of my life, I agree with you. NNadir Aug 2023 #22

BTW the American POW told the Japanese Sargent no hard feelings and forgave him but .... Botany Aug 2023 #24

One of my uncles was supposed to be in the invasion force. Archae Aug 2023 #26

My long gone Grandfather had gone into the military during WW I and since he was good @ Botany Aug 2023 #28

The bombs DID NOT save millions of lives ... TomWilm Aug 2023 #30

What a load of dung Botany Aug 2023 #38

The Notion That Japan Was Motivated By... ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #54

Japan maybe was motivated by Soviet propaganda, but ... TomWilm Aug 2023 #60

Those Marines on Guadalcanal might have been fighting a lot ... TomWilm Aug 2023 #61

We can't undo it Marthe48 Aug 2023 #19

Some people who survived the Hiroshima atomic blast went to Nagasaki for safety. Six people were spike jones Aug 2023 #20

this AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #25

As an aspiring scientist/physicist/engineer growing up in the 50's and 60's, usonian Aug 2023 #27

Off topic XanaDUer2 Aug 2023 #31

It is nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2023 #33

Yes. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #35

I was born 10 days before the Hiroshima bomb was dropped. MineralMan Aug 2023 #32

... roamer65 Aug 2023 #34

Plowshares Movement History stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #36

Hide thread. Iggo Aug 2023 #56

If we hadn't had this last-call opportunity to drop the bombs on Japan... hunter Aug 2023 #57

I have learned a ton from reading this thread. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #59