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A-Bomb Dome

On August 6, 1945 at 8:15 the nuclear bomb Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. About 70% of the city’s buildings were completely destroyed and the rest severely damaged. The A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima is ... ...full story at Loulogue

from Loulogue on Sun, Aug 23 2009

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