Truman grandson to visit A-bomb sites

[AsahinaKimi]

HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press)--A grandson of Harry Truman, the U.S. president who made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, is expected to attend peace memorial ceremonies in the two cities in August for the first time, it has been learned.

Clifton Truman Daniel, 55, is scheduled to attend the events with Ari Mayer Beser, 24, the grandchild of a communications operator on one of the Boeing B-29 aircraft that dropped the bombs, according to nonprofit organization Sadako Legacy.

Daniel plans to visit Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park and Peace Memorial Museum on Aug. 3. He is also scheduled to meet with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui and atomic bomb victims before attending the ceremony to commemorate the U.S. bombing of the city on Aug. 6, 1945.

Daniel will then travel to Nagasaki to attend a peace ceremony to be held there on Aug. 9.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120624002180.htm

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. “What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Indeed.