desolation
The label on the back of this image says Damage of the A-Bomb at hiroshima city - View towards Shiro Shima District
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A series of Postcards and photographs from my Great Uncle taken at Hiroshima in late 1945 during his service with the Occupation forces.
Even now these images provide a stark reminder of the hell unleashed on that day and the power of Atomic Weapons. It would be easy to condemm Truman for unleashing this power but in war things are not always so clear cut. If images like these accomplish anything we can only hope its that this scene is never seen again.
The irony to me is the very existance of these postcards - I cant conceive of a time when someone, anyone, would want to send an image like this home to their family?
Was there a time when we were ever proud of images like these? God help us.
desolation
The label on the back of this image says Damage of the A-Bomb at hiroshima city - View towards Shiro Shima District
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A series of Postcards and photographs from my Great Uncle taken at Hiroshima in late 1945 during his service with the Occupation forces.
Even now these images provide a stark reminder of the hell unleashed on that day and the power of Atomic Weapons. It would be easy to condemm Truman for unleashing this power but in war things are not always so clear cut. If images like these accomplish anything we can only hope its that this scene is never seen again.
The irony to me is the very existance of these postcards - I cant conceive of a time when someone, anyone, would want to send an image like this home to their family?
Was there a time when we were ever proud of images like these? God help us.