Atomic Bomb victim who was over a mile away from the detonation
Sumiteru Taniguchi, aged 16 in 1945, was about one mile away from the Nagasaki epicenter. A mile away from this small primitive nuclear bomb was not far enough. It was 11:02 A.M.; Taniguchi-san was on his red bicycle delivering mail in the Sumiyoshi-machi area on that hot Nagasaki day. He was burned on his back, left arm, and on his buttocks through his pants, while on his bicycle. I have wondered if he was standing on the pedals going uphill. It is now too late to find out; Taniguchi-san died of cancer, August 30, 2017, age 88. Repeatedly, Sumiteru pleaded with his doctors and nurses, "Kill me! Kill me!" He spent 21 months lying on his stomach in the hospital; it became his eating place and his toilet place. Taniguchi-san spent most of his life warning people that the survival of humanity is threatened by the existence of nuclear weapons.
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VetCartersBird
The original picture is the black and white photograph of Sumiteru Taniguchi taken by U.S. Marine Sergeant Joe O'Donnell, September 15, 1945, in Nagasaki. O’Donnell waved away the flies and gently brushed out the maggots before taking the picture, and then decided to take no more pictures of burn victims unless ordered to do so.https://i.imgur.com/A9FzcMh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/aab2qNc.jpg
ZuckerDrGiggles
whats the point in even having these descriptions if most of the returds here don't read them
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Vettruckerhatjones the Golden
when the world demands a backstory, some men do heinous things
Vettruckerhatjones the Golden
i heard a rumor that Truman only dropped the bombs so he'd have a memorable backstory for the war
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VetUUoody the Junkyard Dog
I remember when those bombs were dropped....the radio news and the photo coverage in Life magazine. It scared the crap out of me. I was four years old.
VetCartersBird
Does a 4 year old even grasp what happened? When I was 4 I got scared when the toilet was clogged because I thought it meant we were going to drown.
ZuckerDrGiggles
I doubt uuoody can remember what he did 4 years ago let alone when he was 4 years old. but I totally agree with CB
VetUUoody the Junkyard Dog
Grasp...no. Scared ....yes. I also remember Memorial Day 1945, just a few weeks after VE day. Best Memorial day parade ever.
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CartersBird
Way to go Dr G, that's called personal growth. And not the kind that sticks through the glory hole you drilled in your wall.
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VetRooster65
THAT'S BACON MUTHA FUCKA!! DO NOT DISRESPECT THE HOG.. ( come home with me lil zizzle.. I'll eat ya proper. Maybe a side of fried chicken, waffles, and watermelon)
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