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"Nagasaki marks 80 years since atomic bomb dropped" by ABC News USA @abc@flipboard.com - Few survivors remain now from the August 9, 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. But the calls of many of them over the years are remembered, urging the world not to let a nuclear attack on a city happen again. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nagasaki-marks-80th-bomb-anniversary-survivors-put-hopes-124500770 #WWII #history #TDIH
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"James Cameron's First Non-'Avatar' Film Since 'Titanic' Is About the Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs" by Military-dot-com (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Cameron interviewed the double-bomb survivor Tsutomu Yamaguchi before his death in 2009. On a business trip to Hiroshima, Yamaguchi was 2mi/3km from the blast. Returning home to Nagasaki, he was at work the same distance from the second bomb. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/07/james-camerons-first-non-avatar-film-titanic-about-man-who-survived-both-atomic-bombs.html #WWII #military #nuclear #history