Censored Nagasaki Bomb Story Found 1246
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EccentricAnomaly writes "In 1945 journalist George Weller snuck past the American occupying forces and became the first American Journalist to see the devastation left by the atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki. His story infuriated MacArthur, who had it quashed. The Japanese paper, Mainichi, has now published Weller's account. CNN has a story discussing how it was found." From the Mainichi article: "As one whittles away at embroidery and checks the stories, the impression grows that the atomic bomb is a tremendous, but not a peculiar weapon. The Japanese have heard the legend from American radio that the ground preserves deadly irradiation. But hours of walking amid the ruins where the odor of decaying flesh is still strong produces in this writer nausea, but no sign or burns or debilitation."
Censored again... (Score:4, Funny)
by the Slashdot effect.
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Best Euphemism For An Atomic Attack?
[ ] Kitten Parade
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Strom Thurman and Congress brain damage jokes may now start.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, Congress brain-damages YOU.
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