August 6, 2007 will mark 62 years since the dropping of an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945. Many people including the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets, believed that his mission would bring an end to the war with Japan. The 20-year-old colonel had named the B-29 Superfortress after his mother. Little did he know that the victims would number over 230,000. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and on Nagasaki three days later marked the beginning of the Nuclear Age, a new era insofar as moral values in society are concerned.
The official Web site of the annual Peace Memorial Ceremony for Hiroshima sets aside August 6 “to console the souls of those who were lost due to the atomic bombing as well as pray for the rea View the rest of this article
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