1945: HIROSHIMA DESTROYED BY ATOMIC BOMB

THIS REPORTER DESCRIBES THE TRAGIC AFTERMATH OF THE
ATOMIC BOMB WHICH WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA.

YEARS AFTER THE WAR, CERTAIN ANTI-WAR PERSONS WERE CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S DECISION TO USE THE ATOMIC BOMB TO END THE WAR....BUT THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER READING AND HEARING REPORTS THAT JAPAN THREATENED TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL ALLIED PRISONERS IF AN INVASION WERE ATTEMPTED. IT WAS SAID THAT OVER 80,000 POW's WERE IN CAPTIVITY.