65 years ago today
Aug. 6th, 2010 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lotessethe atomic bomb "Little Boy" fell on Hiroshima.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of the 9th grade Language Arts class in which we read the survivor testimonials. After an hour of parsing through these intensely painful, appalling accounts, the teacher asked us how many of us thought the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been the right thing to do. Every student but two - myself and one other girl - raised their hands. I think the poor teacher was horrified; I know I was, and still am.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of the 9th grade Language Arts class in which we read the survivor testimonials. After an hour of parsing through these intensely painful, appalling accounts, the teacher asked us how many of us thought the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been the right thing to do. Every student but two - myself and one other girl - raised their hands. I think the poor teacher was horrified; I know I was, and still am.