US First: Joining Nagasaki Memorial

For the first time ever, the United States will have a representative at the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Nagasaki marking the 1945 atomic bombing of the city by the United States, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Sunday.
US First: Joining Nagasaki Memorial
|Updated:


<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/120442771.jpg" alt="A girl releases a paper lantern onto the Motoyasu River on the 66th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing on August 6, 2011 in Hiroshima, Japan. The world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the United States during World War II, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. (Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)" title="A girl releases a paper lantern onto the Motoyasu River on the 66th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing on August 6, 2011 in Hiroshima, Japan. The world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the United States during World War II, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. (Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1799618"/></a>
A girl releases a paper lantern onto the Motoyasu River on the 66th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing on August 6, 2011 in Hiroshima, Japan. The world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the United States during World War II, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. (Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
Christina Zhang
Christina Zhang
Author
Related Topics