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I'm sure there were many others who had suffered a similar fate after those bombings. It was a sad situation for many, but something that simply could not be avoided. Hopefully no one will ever have to go through that again! Your son is indeed a very good person to share with her like that . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on March 12, 2014 at 1:49 PM
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I think your son is much like his mom - caring. A lovely post.
posted by
adnohr
on March 11, 2014 at 6:22 PM
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Such love and grace from your son to give hope of which this woman would never have in family life. Such a sweet man. 
posted by
Justi
on March 11, 2014 at 2:35 PM
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TAPS
A truly touching story...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 11, 2014 at 1:43 PM
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Power struggles lead to war and war results in tragedies like the one mentioned scarring lives forever.Sad yet true.
posted by
shamasehar
on March 11, 2014 at 10:15 AM
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I myself have never been in any sort of situation where my life was at risk...I cannot imagine what she went through, losing her whole family and living with both the physical and mental scars from Hiroshima...It is interesting how she wanted to know about your son's family.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 11, 2014 at 10:03 AM
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Re: WileyJohn
I used the one you posted on Blogit because when I tried to email you back I got that Mailer Demon notice that it would not go through. I got the one you sent, but you could not get my return for some reason. But the picture of Mr. Graysom is beautiful. Thank you. Send me another email the same way you did before. I'd like to try sending back again.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 11, 2014 at 7:30 AM
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Those two bombs created appalling destruction of human lives,
and because of them, I am here today: my dad would have been in the second wave of the American assault on Japan, a matter of a couple of weeks away, as he told it, when Hiroshima and Nagasaki went up in mushroom clouds.
I don't think it was a fair trade, though I am glad (most days) to be here. Of course, I am hardly the only one whose father did not die on those beaches. And, for Truman, that was what was in the balance when he made that decision.
Part of the horror of those bombings belongs to the clique of Japanese militarists who maneuvered all of Japan into a war they--the militarists--wanted, which is not the first time in history that such a thing has happened.
posted by
Ciel
on March 11, 2014 at 6:53 AM
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TAPS
What a touching blog, I feel like PatB, it really hooked me. Wonderful son you have there.Thanks for your comment in my blog love. I need your proper e-mail if you need me to send you a photo of Mr. Graysome, My e-mail is pekoe@nrtco.net or maybe you can use the picture I posted in Blogit?
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 11, 2014 at 6:46 AM
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That just makes me cry. It's so unthinkable, I cannot understand
why anyone who calls himself a human being would perpetrate such devastation, and yet they still do, weaponizing in new ways, bringing more and more of it to more and more of us. What's wrong with people?
posted by
Pat_B
on March 11, 2014 at 5:30 AM
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Well I guess we all felt joy when that bomb destroyed millions Taps. I suppose at the time one was conditioned to death in mighty swathes. The price being paid as you suggest by the maimed survivors and the end of one bitter conflict.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 11, 2014 at 12:21 AM
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My wife in Okinawa was just like her in that way, wanting to know about my family and we thought for sure one day, but it never came.
posted by
UtahJay
on March 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM
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