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dropped another nuclear bomb, on nagasaki. within a week, japan surrendered and world war two was over. seven decades on, hiroshima has been rebuilt. so has kitagawa's school... but in the back yard, sits a reminder of its dark past. i asked kitagawa to explain what it means to him. >> it honors the hundreds of students and teachers killed here. after the bombing, there were corpses and bones everywhere. so it's hard for me to come here again. but the fact is that i survived and many others didn't, so it's important for me to come and pray for them. >> does the u.s. owe you and people like you an apology? >> that's a normal expectation when somebody does wrong against you... we've waited 70 years, it hasn't happened. >> what about the argument that using nuclear weapons on japan helped end the war sooner and maybe saved hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides? >> well, that's american myth. it was obvious to many people it was going to end soon because japan was already incapable of fighting. >> historians debate those po
dropped another nuclear bomb, on nagasaki. within a week, japan surrendered and world war two was over. seven decades on, hiroshima has been rebuilt. so has kitagawa's school... but in the back yard, sits a reminder of its dark past. i asked kitagawa to explain what it means to him. >> it honors the hundreds of students and teachers killed here. after the bombing, there were corpses and bones everywhere. so it's hard for me to come here again. but the fact is that i survived and many...
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they should learn why america was right to end the war by dropping bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki and the fundamental decency of a nation that established the truman doctrine and the marshall plan the berlin airlift and the north atlantic treaty organization. they need to know about the war of the holocaust and what it means to promise never again. they should know that once there was an empire so evil and the rest of truth it had to build that wall to keep its citizens and and the free world led by america defeated it. they need to know about the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, the courage of the first responders and the heroism of the passengers of flight 93. they should understand what kind of world militant islam will create if we don't defeat it. they should learn about great men like george marshall and white eisenhower and ronald reagan. we must teach them what it took to prevail over evil in the 20th century and what it will take in the 21st. we want to make sure they understand it is the brave men and women of united states armed forces to defend our freedom and secure mi
they should learn why america was right to end the war by dropping bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki and the fundamental decency of a nation that established the truman doctrine and the marshall plan the berlin airlift and the north atlantic treaty organization. they need to know about the war of the holocaust and what it means to promise never again. they should know that once there was an empire so evil and the rest of truth it had to build that wall to keep its citizens and and the free world...
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in that sense, the people of hiroshima and nagasaki were the first victims of the cold war. the awful thing is, that in that sense, everybody else in japan was a beneficiary of our having used the bomb. i have many japanese friends, and i have gingerly felt about. i have yet to speak with one that did not say in some way, that they were somehow relieved. though i i'm sure there are such ones. but i have yet to speak with one. that was a reason for using it. also, we had cracked the japanese code. we knew what the emperor and the generals and admirals were saying to each other. richard b frank, who has read the translated transcripts says that they were not ready to surrender. on the other hand, martin sherwin, who was also an historian, has done that same thing. he thinks that they were ready to surrender. he thinks that the people around president truman knew that they were ready to surrender on condition that they get to keep their emperor, which was the condition on which they finally surrendered anyway. i could easily see that truman and the generals faced with the choic
in that sense, the people of hiroshima and nagasaki were the first victims of the cold war. the awful thing is, that in that sense, everybody else in japan was a beneficiary of our having used the bomb. i have many japanese friends, and i have gingerly felt about. i have yet to speak with one that did not say in some way, that they were somehow relieved. though i i'm sure there are such ones. but i have yet to speak with one. that was a reason for using it. also, we had cracked the japanese...
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they should learn why america was right to end the war by dropping the bombs on hiroshima and nagasakiand the fundamental decency of the nation that established the truman doctrine, the marshall plan, the berlin airlift, the north atlantic treaty organization, the need to know about the war of the holocaust and promise never again. they should know once there was an empire so evil and bereft of truth it had to build a wall to keep its citizens in and the free world led by america defeated it. the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, the courage of the first responders and there was some of the passengers on flight 93. they should understand what kind of world militant islam will create if we don't defeat it. they should learn about great men liked george marshall and dwight eisenhower and harry truman and ronald reagan. we must teach them what it took to prevail over evil in the 20th century and what it will take in the 21st. the brave to plans women who defend freedom and security for millions of others as well. our children need to know that their citizens of the most powerful, good a
they should learn why america was right to end the war by dropping the bombs on hiroshima and nagasakiand the fundamental decency of the nation that established the truman doctrine, the marshall plan, the berlin airlift, the north atlantic treaty organization, the need to know about the war of the holocaust and promise never again. they should know once there was an empire so evil and bereft of truth it had to build a wall to keep its citizens in and the free world led by america defeated it....
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they should learn what america was right in the war by dropping the bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki andabout the fundamental decency of the nation that established the truman doctrine, the marshall plan, and the north atlantic treaty organization. they need to do about the horror of the holocaust and what it means to promise never again. they should know that once there was an empire so evil and the rest of the truth, it had to build awol to keep its citizens in come at the free world but by americans defeated. they need to know about the terrorist who attacked us on 9/11, the courage of the first responders and the heroism of the passengers on flight 93. they should understand what kind of world militant islam will create if we don't defeat it. they should learn about great men like george marshall and dwight eisenhower and harry truman and ronald reagan. we must teach them what it took to prevail over evil in the 20th century, and what it will take in the 21st. we must make sure they understand that it is the brave men and women of the united states armed forces who defend our freedom
they should learn what america was right in the war by dropping the bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki andabout the fundamental decency of the nation that established the truman doctrine, the marshall plan, and the north atlantic treaty organization. they need to do about the horror of the holocaust and what it means to promise never again. they should know that once there was an empire so evil and the rest of the truth, it had to build awol to keep its citizens in come at the free world but by...
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three days later august 9 on nagasaki. you would think watching two of the major cities in japan disappear beneath mushroom clouds would have prompted the japanese to end the war at that time. it didn't. there was a strong movement within the senior leadership of the japanese military government to continue the war not because the japanese thought they could actually win but because they thought if they inflict enough casualties on the allied forces they could win a negotiated settlement because if you remember of the pots dan conference the allies declared unconditional surrender to japan, no conditions that also these japanese diehards figure that if they cause enough trouble for the allied forces we would negotiate. hera quito on the other hand saw somewhat differently. he had seen several hundred thousand people just vaporized not to mention the firebomb raids that we have been conducting for months before that create he like most knowledgeable japanese assumed that a ground invasion of japan was in the planning statio
three days later august 9 on nagasaki. you would think watching two of the major cities in japan disappear beneath mushroom clouds would have prompted the japanese to end the war at that time. it didn't. there was a strong movement within the senior leadership of the japanese military government to continue the war not because the japanese thought they could actually win but because they thought if they inflict enough casualties on the allied forces they could win a negotiated settlement...
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died during the battle of okinawa than all those killed during the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasakiand japanese defense preparation was only 60% when u.s. military landed on okinawa. >> right. >> so they had to keep the u.s. military forces as long as possible in okinawa so that they could prepare defense to protect mainland japan, you know. so it was the battle of okinawa, okinawan people say we were sort of -- what do you call it? >> sacrifice? >> yes. uh-huh. >> masahire ota is a former governor of okinawa. in 1945 he was a young conscript in the japanese imperial army. he fought hard and bravely against the allies until he saw japanese soldiers murdering okinawans for food and water and his faith melted away. getowan is a private home turned restaurant serving very traditional okinawan dishes. in honor of their outspoken former governor, the restaurant has prepared a dish typically served to royals and vips in which was once the ryukyu kingdom. it's called tundabun, after the lacquered dish the multi bite-sized portions are presented in. >> let's eat. >> that's very good. >> the
died during the battle of okinawa than all those killed during the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasakiand japanese defense preparation was only 60% when u.s. military landed on okinawa. >> right. >> so they had to keep the u.s. military forces as long as possible in okinawa so that they could prepare defense to protect mainland japan, you know. so it was the battle of okinawa, okinawan people say we were sort of -- what do you call it? >> sacrifice? >> yes. uh-huh....
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died during the battle of okinawa than all those killed during the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasakice that battle of okinawa, okinawan people say we were sort of, what do you call it -- >> sacrifice? >> yes. uh-huh. >> masaharu ota is the former governor of okinawa. he was a young conscript in the japanese imperial army. he fought hard and bravely against the allies until he saw japanese soldiers murdering okinawans for food and water and his faith melted away. getowan is a private home turned restaurant serving very traditional okinawan dishes. in honor of their outspoken former governor, the restaurant prepared a dish typically served to royals and vips in which was one the ryukyu kingdom. it's called tundabun after the dish the multi bite-sized portions are presented in. >> let's eat. >> that's very good. there's some squid. swordfish wrapped in seaweed and simmered in stock and fermented sake. dried sea snake wrapped in kombu and slow simmered. burdock root slow cooked in stock. okinawan taro, flash cooked and dressed with sugar and soy. and shoulder dredged in black sesame then
died during the battle of okinawa than all those killed during the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasakice that battle of okinawa, okinawan people say we were sort of, what do you call it -- >> sacrifice? >> yes. uh-huh. >> masaharu ota is the former governor of okinawa. he was a young conscript in the japanese imperial army. he fought hard and bravely against the allies until he saw japanese soldiers murdering okinawans for food and water and his faith melted away....
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died main the battl of okinawa than all of those killed in the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki only 60% when the u.s. military landed on okinawa, so that they had to keep the u.s. military force forces on okinawa to prepare the defense. and so, it seemed that battle of okinawa, and the okinawa people say we were sort of what you call -- >> sacrifice. >> yes. >> hmm mm-mmm. this is the former governor of okinawa. in 1945, he was a young conscript in the japanese imperial army and he fought hard and bravely gaiagainst the alli until he saw the japanese soldiers murdering the okinawans for food and water, and his faith whittled away. this is a restaurant serving traditional okinawan dishes. and in honor of the outspoken governor, this is a dish typically served to royals and vips in what was once the e rue cue king dom, and it means that after lacquered dish that the portions are served in. >> let's eat. >> oh, it is very good. there's some squid, swordfish wrapped in sea feed and fermented sake. dried sea snake wrapped in kombu and slow simmered.eed and fermed sake. dried sea sna
died main the battl of okinawa than all of those killed in the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki only 60% when the u.s. military landed on okinawa, so that they had to keep the u.s. military force forces on okinawa to prepare the defense. and so, it seemed that battle of okinawa, and the okinawa people say we were sort of what you call -- >> sacrifice. >> yes. >> hmm mm-mmm. this is the former governor of okinawa. in 1945, he was a young conscript in the japanese...
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a dirty bomb is not a nuclear explosive device, it's not hiroshima or nagasaki. it has a couple of grams of cesium. doesn't sound like a lot but if a bomb would explode in downtown washington, it would shut down the government, spreading fear and panic. the answer to this is to try secure these materials. there are thousands of sites around the world and hundreds of countries that have these kinds of materials but you can replace this material. you don't have to have this material for certain uses. we use it in smoke detectors for example, we could replace it, doesn't have to be there and secure the material that you do have. it's very hard to stop a terrorist group once they get it so you have to stop them from getting it. >> there have been efforts to do that for a couple of dates. in our report we saw cesium 137, only a couple of grams could cause all sorts of damage and the isotope, detonated in manhattan as you said could be economically dangerous because the length of time could be extensive. >> absolutely right. imagine if somebody came in your office buil
a dirty bomb is not a nuclear explosive device, it's not hiroshima or nagasaki. it has a couple of grams of cesium. doesn't sound like a lot but if a bomb would explode in downtown washington, it would shut down the government, spreading fear and panic. the answer to this is to try secure these materials. there are thousands of sites around the world and hundreds of countries that have these kinds of materials but you can replace this material. you don't have to have this material for certain...
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. >> we bombed hiroshima and we bombed nagasaki and thousands in new york and the pentagon and we never batted an eye because the stuff we've done overseas is now brought back into our own front yards. america's chickens are coming home to roost. no, no, no, not god bless america, god damn america. that's in the bible. we're killing innocent people. god damn america for treating her citizens as less than human. >> that's not all. during the same interview, president obama once again attacked the fox news channel. listen to this. >> it's interesting because we're talking in iowa people alwa always, i think, were surprised about me connecting with folks in small town iowa. and the reason i did was, first of all, i had the benefit that at the time nobody expected me to win. and so i wasn't viewed through this prism of fox news and conservative media and making me scary. at the time i didn't think scary. having a funny name. >> here is presidential candidate ted cruz who by the way has leapt into third place in the fox news poll. one of only three candidates in double digits as we put it up
. >> we bombed hiroshima and we bombed nagasaki and thousands in new york and the pentagon and we never batted an eye because the stuff we've done overseas is now brought back into our own front yards. america's chickens are coming home to roost. no, no, no, not god bless america, god damn america. that's in the bible. we're killing innocent people. god damn america for treating her citizens as less than human. >> that's not all. during the same interview, president obama once again...
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as of the buildings began to implode, patients and staff jumped out of the windows of the nagasaki medical college hospital and mobilize high school girls jumped from third story of their elementary school half a mile from the blast. the blazing heat melted iron and other metals, scorched bricks and concrete buildings, ignited clothing of this integrated education and caused severe and fatal flesh burns on peoples exposed faces and bodies. a mile from the detonation of the last force caused nine its brick walls to crack, glass fragment bolted into people's arms, legs, backs and faces, often puncturing their muscles and organs. two miles away thousands of people suffering flesh burns from the extreme heat lay trapped beneath partially demolished buildings. at distances up to five miles, wood and glass splinters. through clothing and ripped into their flesh. windows shattered as far as 11 miles away. larger doses of radiation than any human had ever received penetrated deeply into the bodies of people and animals. the offending fireball suc suctd massive amounts of thick dust and debris into
as of the buildings began to implode, patients and staff jumped out of the windows of the nagasaki medical college hospital and mobilize high school girls jumped from third story of their elementary school half a mile from the blast. the blazing heat melted iron and other metals, scorched bricks and concrete buildings, ignited clothing of this integrated education and caused severe and fatal flesh burns on peoples exposed faces and bodies. a mile from the detonation of the last force caused...
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and i think properly -- that the decision about whether or not to use atomic weapons at hiroshima, nagasaki, might have been the single momentous decision made by a president. he wasn't aware of the program until f.d.r. died and in the very moment had to make the decision about whether it use those weapons against japan. no one would question whether harry truman w's a softie. in march of 1947 america was war-weary, but he went to congress and in an address to congress said, we need to continue to provide military and economic support to nations that are battling against soviet influence. in this case, it was the nailingnationsof greece and tout began the truman dock trirng the basic strategic principle whereby the united states for the next 40 years would sort of check off efforts by the soviet union to expand their influence. harry truman w's a great wartime president. but harry truman did something on october 25, 1945, that was most unusual. he called the press into his office and he said, look what i've done. and he unveiled the fact that he had taken the seal and flag of the presidency
and i think properly -- that the decision about whether or not to use atomic weapons at hiroshima, nagasaki, might have been the single momentous decision made by a president. he wasn't aware of the program until f.d.r. died and in the very moment had to make the decision about whether it use those weapons against japan. no one would question whether harry truman w's a softie. in march of 1947 america was war-weary, but he went to congress and in an address to congress said, we need to continue...
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largest scientific military enterprise in our history, which ultimately resulted in hiroshima and nagasakio that rose president roosevelt to start the manhattan project by getting out of einstein. i opened up the book with a rather amusing scene of 200 reasons lost in long island looking for the great man albert einstein in arguing between themselves as hungarians often do. whose idea was this anyway. so this was the first scientist in the world to make a connection between nuclear fission, the splitting of the atom bomb, and the destructive atomic weapon. he connected the dots before anybody else and because he knew einstein come he knew the signature on his letter would possibly get fdr's attention. the second scientist was a physicist who went on to win a nobel prize and then a third one came because they had to go back for a second later and that was edward teller who is as you know doctor strangelove and also the father of the h-bomb and the one that persuaded ronald reagan that it wasn't but it wasn't enough to warrant our planet we have to arm elder space. so these three. then there
largest scientific military enterprise in our history, which ultimately resulted in hiroshima and nagasakio that rose president roosevelt to start the manhattan project by getting out of einstein. i opened up the book with a rather amusing scene of 200 reasons lost in long island looking for the great man albert einstein in arguing between themselves as hungarians often do. whose idea was this anyway. so this was the first scientist in the world to make a connection between nuclear fission, the...
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they should learn why america was right to end the war by dropping bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki and the fundamental decency of a nation that established the truman doctrine and the marshall plan the berlin airlift and the north atlantic treaty organization. they need to know about the war of the holocaust and what it means to promise never again. they should know that once there was an empire so evil and the rest of truth it had to build that wall to keep its citizens and and the free world led by america defeated it. they need to know about the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, the courage of the first responders and the heroism of the passengers of flight 93. they should understand what kind of world militant islam will create if we don't defeat it. they should learn about great men like george marshall and white eisenhower and ronald reagan. we must teach them what it took to prevail over evil in the 20th century and what it will take in the 21st. we want to make sure they understand it is the brave men and women of united states armed forces to defend our freedom and secure mi
they should learn why america was right to end the war by dropping bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki and the fundamental decency of a nation that established the truman doctrine and the marshall plan the berlin airlift and the north atlantic treaty organization. they need to know about the war of the holocaust and what it means to promise never again. they should know that once there was an empire so evil and the rest of truth it had to build that wall to keep its citizens and and the free world...
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as buildings began to implode patients and staff jumped out of the windows of the nagasaki college hospital, mobilized hospital girls left from the third story of the building, a half-mile from the blast. the blazing heat melted irons and other metals, scorch bricks bricks and concrete buildings, ignited clothing, disintegrated visitation and cause severe and fatal burns on people's expose faces and bodies. 1 mile from the detonation it caused 9-inch brick walls to crack and glass fragments bulleted into people's bodies, often puncturing their muscles and organs. 2 miles away thousands of people suffering flesh burns from the extreme heat lay trapped beneath partially demolished buildings. at distances up to 5 miles, wood and glass splinters pierced through clothing and ripped into their flesh. window shatters that bar is 11 miles away. larger doses of radiation than any human had ever received penetrated deeply into the bodies of people and animals. the ascending fireball section massive amounts of thick dust and debris into its churning stem. a deafening roar ear opted as buildings the ci
as buildings began to implode patients and staff jumped out of the windows of the nagasaki college hospital, mobilized hospital girls left from the third story of the building, a half-mile from the blast. the blazing heat melted irons and other metals, scorch bricks bricks and concrete buildings, ignited clothing, disintegrated visitation and cause severe and fatal burns on people's expose faces and bodies. 1 mile from the detonation it caused 9-inch brick walls to crack and glass fragments...