TOKYO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) Three or four thousand Chinese, with their arms tied behind them, were driven in groups of four in four columns, to the coal port nor
TOKYO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) Three or four thousand Chinese, with their arms tied behind them, were driven in groups of four in four columns, to the coal port nor
No more sacrifices
This is the atomic bomb “Little Boy” at the Hunters Point Shipyard being loaded onto the USS Indianapolis on July 15, 1945. That one bomb killed 140,000 people when it was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Thursday, July 15, 2021, is the 76th anniversary of the loading of the bomb at the Shipyard.
Statement of solidarity by the Pacific Asian Nuclear-Free Peace Alliance with the people of Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco
by Tsukuru Fors, Founding Member, Pacific Asian Nuclear-Free Peace Alliance
On July 15, 1945, a canister of approximately 3 feet by 4 feet and a large crate were loaded onto the USS Indianapolis at Hunters Point in southeastern San Francisco. Nuclear ingredients in the canister and a firing device in the crate were later assembled into an A-bomb called “Little Boy,” which exploded over the sky of Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, killing as many as 140,000 in a matter of a few months, including 350 studen