I remember vividly the cold night air and the beautiful starry sky. Descending a sloping path that ran along the mountainside, and crossing over the ridge of the mountains, we reached the front gate of the Mitsubishi arsenal. A single sentry holding a fixed bayonet stood guard before the closed stone gate, and when we…
Tag: Nagasaki
August 9, 1945 — The 10,000 lb. plutonium bomb, Fat Man, was dropped over Nagasaki after the primary objective of Kokura was passed due to visibility problems. It killed an estimated 74,000 people.
We Have Been Warned
We Have Been Warned
A Time To Remember
75 years ago today Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle took the fight to Japan by leading sixteen B-25 aircraft on a bombing raid over Tokyo. A little over 3 years later, days apart, two B-29 aircraft carrying a different kind of bomb flew over Japan and put an end to the war. 51 years ago today Yosuke…
Friday Fictioneers: Gathering Clouds
Over at the Addicted to Purple blog, Rochelle has challenged us to write a story of ±100 words based on the photograph below. Genre: Historical Fiction Word Count: 100 Title: Gathering Clouds He could never again look at cloudy skies as he did in his youth. Was he ever young, or did maturity and responsibility,…
I Remember
“Freestyle memory. Write I remember at the top of your post, hit start on the timer, and write about the first memory that comes to mind. Ten minutes. Don’t stop…. If ten minutes seems too short, go for 15 or 20 minutes. You can shape this challenge to suit you.” —WordPress Daily Post Weekly Writing…
