Lanier (APA 125) - Naval Cruise Book

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OCCUPATION OF NAGASAKI-Continued The atomic bomb, said to have exploded about l,8O0 feetfrom the ground, seared off surrounding hills and tore leaves, branches and all, from the several trees still standing. Many of the trees showed absolutely no signs of burning, but rather resembled results of some super-human monster with an urge to whittle. Atop this one end of the valley one can see the best results, or the worst, de- pending upon one's classification as a realist or humanitarian. In the main, the homes' debris revealed the sector was probably a wealthy one, as evidenced by the site itself, which overlooked the valley and the bay, and by the finding of a great number of electrical appliances such as clocks, motors, fans, sew- ing machines, flashlights, meters, etc., as well as sinks, stoves, fireplaces, chinaware and tile. From these heights, looking down on the devastation, the scene resembled a huge city dump, level with tin cans and rubbish. One could walk in any direction without being hindered in his roaming by brick walls, rem- nants of collapsed homes or anything similar. A pitiful scene confronted the sight-seers on the hill overlooking atomic valley. A cluster of ll Japanese had cultivated a small plot of ground around a shack built of scrap metal, tin street signs and miscellaneous boards. In this squalor the Japanese lived. Even as the pictorial story unfolded results of this-the most revolutionary weapon of all time-the group could not help but wonder what a future war would involve, whether it could reduce whole cities as this one area had been reduced-completely, swiftly, ter- ribly. Assorted iunkf flashlight, Singer sewing machine, gas meter dial, electric fan, clock