World War II atomic bomb re-enactment dropped from Ohio air show after outcry

[proud2BlibKansan]

Seriously? Even the right wing nut on local radio agrees this re-enactment is a bad idea.

CINCINNATI A popular southwest Ohio air show has canceled plans to stage a re-enactment of the devastating World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after protests, officials said Thursday.

Dayton Air Show spokeswoman Brenda Kerfoot said the June 22-23 event at Dayton International Airport will keep a planned "Great Wall of Fire" pyrotechnic show but not as an event meant to re-enact the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima. The B-29 plane "Fifi," similar to the Enola Gay B-29 bomber used to attack Japan, will remain in the show but in a separate role.

Air show officials said the re-enactment was meant to highlight a historic event that helped end the war and save lives that would have been lost if the war had been prolonged.

"We've taken it as more of an educational show," Kerfoot said. "The wording that we used probably wasn't the best."

more . . . http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57580261/world-war-ii-atomic-bomb-re-enactment-dropped-from-ohio-air-show-after-outcry/

[longship]

1. "Kerfoot Kerfuffle"

Great headline? Maybe not so much.

Couldn't resist.

[DreamGypsy]

2. I have long thought this to be a pretty accurate reenactment...

...especially if they are seeking an "educational show".

From Wikipedia:

Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. The Hiroshima prefecture health department estimated that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causes. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness. In a US estimate of the total immediate and short term cause of death, 15–20% died from radiation sickness, 20–30% from burns, and 50–60% from other injuries, compounded by illness. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizeable garrison.

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Some 70,000–80,000 people, or some 30% of the population of Hiroshima, were killed by the blast and resultant firestorm,[82] and another 70,000 injured.[83] Over 90% of the doctors and 93% of the nurses in Hiroshima were killed or injured—most had been in the downtown area which received the greatest damage.[84] Out of some 70,000-80,000 people killed, 20,000 were soldiers.[85] Most elements of the Japanese 2nd General Army were at physical training on the grounds of Hiroshima Castle when the bomb exploded. Barely 900 yards from the explosion's epicenter, the castle and its residents were vaporized. The bomb also killed 12 American airmen who were imprisoned at the Chugoku Military Police Headquarters located about 1,300 feet (400 meters) from the epicenter of the blast.[86] All died in less than a second.

Wow, the second opportunity this evening to conclude a post with, War is Hell.