Comments on: From the Trinity Site to Hiroshima http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Far East Cynic » Genbaku no hi http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-427694 Far East Cynic » Genbaku no hi Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:59:52 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-427694 [...] Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola Gay. In Japan, today is known as Genbaku no hi. That also began a 9 day period when Japan was literally and figuratively on the brink of the abyss. I wrote a detailed post about that time a couple of years ago. GI Korea has a pretty good history of the Atomic Bomb here. [...] [...] Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola Gay. In Japan, today is known as Genbaku no hi. That also began a 9 day period when Japan was literally and figuratively on the brink of the abyss. I wrote a detailed post about that time a couple of years ago. GI Korea has a pretty good history of the Atomic Bomb here. [...]

]]> By: Remembering the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-189326 Remembering the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:32:43 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-189326 [...] 63rd anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.  I recommend everyone read my prior posting where I trace how the bomb went from the Trinity Site in New Mexico to eventually being dropped on [...] [...] 63rd anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.  I recommend everyone read my prior posting where I trace how the bomb went from the Trinity Site in New Mexico to eventually being dropped on [...]

]]> By: Remembering Nagasaki http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-168905 Remembering Nagasaki Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:29:08 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-168905 [...] Previous Posting: From the Trinity Site to Hiroshima  [...] [...] Previous Posting: From the Trinity Site to Hiroshima  [...]

]]> By: Far East Cynic: August 2007 http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-90133 Far East Cynic: August 2007 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:00:53 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-90133 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] post about that time a couple of years ago. GI Korea has a pretty good history of the Atomic Bomb here. Japan Probe has some pretty good coverage here. // posted by Skippy-san @ 9:00 PM [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] post about that time a couple of years ago. GI Korea has a pretty good history of the Atomic Bomb here. Japan Probe has some pretty good coverage here. // posted by Skippy-san @ 9:00 PM [...]

]]> By: jion999 http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-62355 jion999 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:16:13 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-62355 Surabol "Japan’s unconditional surrender allowed countless future Korean generations to waste 22 hours in PC game rooms. Freedom!!!!!!!" You forget about the freedom of North Korea and Korean war. Japan’s unconditional surrender allowed Koreans to be divided by victors and fight each other. Surabol

"Japan’s unconditional surrender allowed countless future Korean generations to waste 22 hours in PC game rooms. Freedom!!!!!!!"

You forget about the freedom of North Korea and Korean war.

Japan’s unconditional surrender allowed Koreans to be divided by victors and fight each other.

]]> By: GI Korea http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-62099 GI Korea Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:54:57 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-62099 In my upcoming posting this week I will discuss in detail the logic behind dropping the bomb. In my upcoming posting this week I will discuss in detail the logic behind dropping the bomb.

]]> By: Surabol http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-62096 Surabol Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:36:50 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-62096 I think most Americans believe that dropping the bombs over Nagasaki and Hiroshima was overkill. Critics say Japan was effectively beaten and the emperor was under pressure to surrender at the face of impending defeat and Russian advancement. Of course, Koreans could argue that Japan could have signed some sort of peace agreement that allowed control over Korea then bide their time until they can rekindle their imperial ambitions once again. Japan's unconditional surrender allowed countless future Korean generations to waste 22 hours in PC game rooms. Freedom!!!!!!! I think most Americans believe that dropping the bombs over Nagasaki and Hiroshima was overkill. Critics say Japan was effectively beaten and the emperor was under pressure to surrender at the face of impending defeat and Russian advancement.

Of course, Koreans could argue that Japan could have signed some sort of peace agreement that allowed control over Korea then bide their time until they can rekindle their imperial ambitions once again. Japan's unconditional surrender allowed countless future Korean generations to waste 22 hours in PC game rooms. Freedom!!!!!!!

]]> By: GI Korea http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-61883 GI Korea Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:09:33 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-61883 The original soldiers and scientists that went to the sight after the explosion did not realize the threat from radiation. Many of these people would later get sick and die. To reduce the radiation at the site they had the soldiers put the Trinitite into barrels and they buried the barrels out there on the missile range. With the Trinitite removed it greatly reduced the radiation. The radiation reduces every year as each half-life is reduced. Today visiting the site is equivalent of receiving an X-ray, so it is safe. If you ever do get a chance I do recommend a visit. The site is way out in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico so it is quite a ride to get there. The original soldiers and scientists that went to the sight after the explosion did not realize the threat from radiation. Many of these people would later get sick and die. To reduce the radiation at the site they had the soldiers put the Trinitite into barrels and they buried the barrels out there on the missile range. With the Trinitite removed it greatly reduced the radiation.

The radiation reduces every year as each half-life is reduced. Today visiting the site is equivalent of receiving an X-ray, so it is safe. If you ever do get a chance I do recommend a visit. The site is way out in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico so it is quite a ride to get there.

]]> By: Gdog http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-61831 Gdog Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:40:42 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-61831 Wow, very interesting stuff. Are visitors at risk when they are visiting the Trinity Site? Wow, very interesting stuff. Are visitors at risk when they are visiting the Trinity Site?

]]> By: devildog6771 http://rokdrop.com/2007/08/06/from-the-trinity-site-to-hiroshima/comment-page-1/#comment-61825 devildog6771 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:26:23 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=691#comment-61825 Had we not dropped the bomb when we did, things would have gone very differently with the war, I'm afraid. The Japanese had already sent a series of hot hot balloons to test their delivery system of a biological agent their "angel of death" perfected in China. I believe one exploded on the West Coast. Some made it to the Central USA. Japan's Air Force was not as developed as ours was at that time. Thus the balloon delivery system. They were only a very short day away from the actual launch date of the real attack. One day the Japanese may see the error of leaving all this out of their history books as Germany is now discovering the mistake they made never talking to their young about the Nazis and how they took over the government from a people who predominately were peaceful. Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany. But, with all the problems there now, the young are becoming drawn to that time as a time of German greatness. You wrote a very well written accounting of the sequence of events. I enjoyed your post. I am curious, however, about hoe they dissipated the radiation? Had we not dropped the bomb when we did, things would have gone very differently with the war, I'm afraid. The Japanese had already sent a series of hot hot balloons to test their delivery system of a biological agent their "angel of death" perfected in China. I believe one exploded on the West Coast. Some made it to the Central USA. Japan's Air Force was not as developed as ours was at that time. Thus the balloon delivery system. They were only a very short day away from the actual launch date of the real attack.

One day the Japanese may see the error of leaving all this out of their history books as Germany is now discovering the mistake they made never talking to their young about the Nazis and how they took over the government from a people who predominately were peaceful. Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany. But, with all the problems there now, the young are becoming drawn to that time as a time of German greatness.

You wrote a very well written accounting of the sequence of events. I enjoyed your post. I am curious, however, about hoe they dissipated the radiation?

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