Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs

wow. I think the most disturbing is the picture of the jacket hung over the chair. There are so many sad stories from Hiroshima. I guess ‘paradise comes at a cost’ is somewhat true.

Haunting pictures. Very thought provoking and sad (not judging anything about the war or hiroshima in general, just thought I’d point that out before the pro war rah rah crowd gets riled up over this as per usual).

Thanks for passing these along. They’re haunting, and frightening. A real testament to the destruction in Hiroshima.

Oh wow, I just re-read what I said. I’m like a kid – who cares about the photos, check out the box, mom!

Those bastards deserved every bit of it and more!
They butchered innocent millions upon millions of innocent people all over Asia. They committed atrocities you could not even dream possible. Japanese soldiers disemboweled pregnant Chinese women and made the women watch while the soldiers used the wriggling fetuses for bayonet practice. They dragged Women out of their homes, raped them in front of their families and their townsfolk and then shipped them off and used them as “comfort women for Japanese soldiers. They buried thousands of civilians ALIVE in mass graves. The Rape of Nanking was an inhuman contest between two Japanese officers to see who could kill more Chinese.
To this day, Japanese refuse to formally apologize or make restitution for all their atrocities. In fact, there are Japanese schoolbooks that deny their atrocities ever occurred. So DO NOT feel sorry for Hiroshima or Nagasaki. The bombs saved countless American soldiers’ lives and countless Asian lives.

While I disagree that Hiroshima or Nagasaki “deserved” it, I do think it’s true that many more lives would have been lost, on both sides, if the US had opted for a land invasion instead of the Atom bomb.

Wonderful and sobering link, thank you. Might want to edit the text a tad, though. I shouldn’t have been laughing, but I couldn’t help it: “… examine and record the damage caused by the atomic comb”. Just picturing that massive comb kickin’ ass made me giggle.

Whoever butchers civilians, if their flag is red and white or red and white a blue, is a monster. If I wasn’t an atheist I would hope everyone responsible would burn in a special corner of hell.