Hey for those of you who are into this subject i highly recommend the fog of war a new released dvd errol morris documentary. It is basically the life story of robert macnamera who was one of the architects of the tokyo fire bombings and secretary of defense during the cuban missile crisis and most of the vietnam war. that is all.
Ben --- VT Squire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hiroshima was rebuilt after the war, with new modern buildings rising > all over the city. In 1949, Hiroshima was proclaimed a City of Peace > by the Japanese parliament, at the initiative of its mayor Shinzo > Hamai (b. 1905-d. 1968). As a result, the city of Hiroshima was > receiving more international attention as a desirable location for > holding international conferences on peace as well as social issues. > As part of that effort, the Hiroshima Interpreters' and Guide's > Association (HIGA) was established in 1992 in order to facilitate > translation services for conferences, and the Hiroshima Peace > Institute was established in 1998 within the Hiroshima University. In > 1994, the City of Hiroshima hosted the > > Also, as a result of the atomic bombing, Hiroshima began to receive > donations of streetcars from all over Japan. (After World War II, > Japanese cities - like British ones - were anxious to get rid of > their streetcar systems due to damage to the infrastructure, and so > there were plenty of streetcars available to give away.) Hiroshima > thus rebuilt its streetcar system. > > > > > > See? there's always a silver lining. > > > (and on the flip side... there was pearl harbor) > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > The DJ Denise mailing list http://www.djdenise.com/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___________________________________________________________________ The DJ Denise mailing list http://www.djdenise.com/
