HIROSHIMA HOLDS 65TH ATOMIC BOMB MEMORIAL
Baku, August 6 (AZERTAC). Japan is commemorating the victims of the atomic bomb that devastated Hiroshima 65 years ago. The attack by the United States in 1945 was instrumental in ending World War II. Since then on each on August 6, a somber echo of a temple bell reverberates through Hiroshima`s Peace Memorial Park.
Japan is the only nation ever to have been attacked with atomic bombs. More than 140,000 people were killed instantly in Hiroshima or died in the days and weeks after the U.S. attack. Three days later, a U.S. plane dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing more than 70,000 people. Japan surrendered on August 14.
Sadae Kasaoka is a 77-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima blast. "Their dreams, hopes and bodies were all killed by the bomb,” she said. When the remaining dead bodies were being burned, Kasaoka said “I felt like I could see their spirits. I want to live my life to make up for the part of theirs they couldn`t. “ She added, “ I feel that my role has become to live and tell everyone what a tragic and miserable situation it actually was."
Japan sees itself as a victim of the U.S. decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States has never apologized for the bombings, and U.S. domestic public opinion holds that it was a necessary step to end the war.
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