Wednesday, August 8, 2012

9:02pm our time

67 years ago, or 11:02am Japan time "fat man" was detonated over Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki while Mass was going on. 



before

after


Mary (wooden statue)


rosaries from the Cathedral

2 comments:

  1. After reading that I did some further reading. When I cam across the name of the plane (Bockscar)that dropped the bomb it immediately reminded me of a Pixies song. The Lyrics paint a mundane story, but I think I read somewhere that it was inspired by the bombing of Nagasaki, one big metaphore describing that tragic day.

    "Here Comes Your Man"

    outside there's a box car waiting
    outside the family stew
    out by the fire breathing
    outside we wait 'til face turns blue
    i know the nervous walking
    i know the dirty beard hangs
    out by the box car waiting
    take me away to nowhere plains
    there is a wait so long
    here comes your man

    big shake on the box car moving
    big shake to the land that's falling down
    is a wind makes a palm stop blowing
    a big, big stone fall and break my crown
    there is a wait so long
    you'll never wait so long
    here comes your man
    there is a wait so long
    you'll never wait so long
    here comes your man

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  2. http://musingsofadominicansoul.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-day-that-will-live-in-infamy.html

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