The center of the city. Nothing is left standing except ferroconcrete buildings. The following verse is from "Flower of Summer" (Natsu no Hana), a collection of short stories by Tamiki Hara (1905-1951), writer and A-bomb survivor. This is a human being? Look how the atom bomb changed it. Flesh swells fearfully. All men and women lake one shape. The voice that trickles from swollen lips on the festering, charred-black face whispers the thin words, "Please help me." This, this is a human being. This is the face of a human being.
	Human Shadow Etched in Stone A person sitting on the bank steps waiting for it to open was exposed to the flash from the atomic bomb explosion. Receiving the rays directly from the front, the victim undoubtedly died on the spot from massive burns. The surface of the surrounding stone steps was turned whitish by the intense heat rays. The place where the person was sitting remained dark like a shadow.
	Raging flames and corpses scattered everywhere Kenichi Nakano (47 at the time of the bombing, 76 when he drew this picture) Explanation in picture Whole city a sea of fire. Hell. Hell on Earth
	A girl clung to her mother who was barely breathing because of injuries over her whole body. Kazuo Matsumuro (32 at the time of the bombing, 61 when he drew this picture) Explanation in picture It was probably not a coincidence that the mother was critically wounded while her daughter was virtually unscratched. The mother was barely breathing. Several hours later, the mother was piled onto a truck like a piece of trash to be taken for cremation. The child was taken somewhere by someone who would take care of her. Thus, they parted forever. If the daughter lived, she would be 30 now. How would she know anything of her mother or her relatives?
	The burned skin on both of this man's arms was peeling and hanging. Akira Onogi (15 at the time of the bombing, 45 when he drew this picture) Explanation in picture After finally managing to crawl out of our collapsed house, I saw our next-door neighbor for the first time. The skin on both arms had peeled off and hung from his fingernails. He was desperately looking for his child. Both he and the child died.
	As I fearfully crossed the railroad bridge, I saw red, blue, green, and purple corpses swollen three or four times floating under it. Toshiko Kihara Age 17 at time of bombing, 47 at time of drawing
	A line of victims injured over their whole bodies, fleeing to the suburbs Masato Yamashita (20 at the time of the bombing, 50 when he drew this picture) Explanation in picture A line of victims in the Ozu vicinity
	A soldier about to die. This serviceman survived the war, but fell a victim to the A-bomb inside a wooden house (about 1km from the hypocenter). Bleeding from the skin, red specks, stomatitis and hair epilation were observed. The soldier died two hours after this photograph was taken. (Photo by Gonichi Kimura)
	Bone marrow displaying acute leukemia Provided by the Hiroshima Red Cross and Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital 1,700m from the hypocenter Hiratsuka-cho A 9-year-old girl exposed in a wooden house received no burns or other injuries. She grew up strong and healthy. In June 1959, about fourteen years after the bombing, she suddenly experienced fatigue, dizziness, bleeding from gums, and other symptoms. Her symptoms persisted, and she was hospitalized. In late June the following year, her legs began swelling without subsiding, eventually to the point of bleeding. She died in late July.
	Leukemia Leukemia is cancer of the blood. The white blood cells multiply wildly without fully maturing. Red blood cells and platelets are reduced, leading to anemia. The white blood cells increase in number but lose normal functioning, which lowers resistance to infection. The incidence of leukemia was greatest 7 to 8 years after the bombing. The younger the survivor was at the time of exposure, the earlier was the onset of leukemia.
Malignant tumors (Cancer) Cancers began to increase about 1960. Some cancers for which a correspondence has been confirmed between distance from the incidence are: myeloma, ovary cancer, urinary tract cancer, tbreast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer.	Radiation and Genetic Effects After the A-bombing, it was feared that survivors would be affected genetically. At this point, a variety of studies have failed to find any harmful effects of radiation in the survivors' descendants. However, continued long-term observations and reserch will be required.

   (1) American traditional strategy
        History tells the truth that America is very clever.

    (2) Why did America drop Atomic Bombs to Japan?
        It's easy.  It's quite clear.
        It's not to declease the war dead that the American president said.
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