Lanier (APA 125) - Naval Cruise Book

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I . N She, too, was camera shy Hospital in background with twisted 4 , smoke stack One of three archways standing in center Jap soldiers return homey some trees burned of atomic bomb area -others just shaved by blast A Ens. Buckmaster inspects two-man fJap-1 Upper part of Atomic Valley air raid shelter I

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OCCUPATION OF NAGASAKI-Continued The many horses which inhabited Naga- saki streets looked much better cared for and certainly more well-fed than the people leading them. It was difficult to see iust what kept the civilian population of the city alive. Many of the Japanese, particularly the women, carried gauze or white handerchiefs over their mouths. Later it was discovered this was an Oriental custom that demanded mouth-covering in the presence of any strangers. Carts which the Japanese used to carry their belongings were peculiar. They had two large wheels in back, about the size of an automobile wheel, with two smaller ones forward. These odd vehicles were pulled by horse, oxen, men or women. The bizarre as- sortment of belongings they carried-bashed- in pots and pans, sewing machines, wicker baskets, blankets, shovels-attested to their dire need. The homes of many were literally their carts. These were the people observed along the atomicbomb' highway-and these were the people whose arrogance had been replaced by fear and humility. Near the upper reaches of the atomic bomb site a very modern, earthquake-proof, bomb-proof hospital was left standing, but inside every living person was said to have been killed, probably by suffocation. Be- hind this hospital are two tall smoke stacks, adjacent to each other. One is literally bent about l5 degrees, two thirds of the way up, and leans to almost touch the one still up- right. Ruined factory area, Inner Harbor, Nagasaki i

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