The only new building in Hiroshima was a Roman Catholic church, raising its simple, spireless two stories above empty, bombed acres. In the church's tiny backyard shed, an organ played while children clapped their hands and sang a Japanese kindergarten tune.
Some 180,000 Hiroshimans still reckoned all time as before & after pika-don (flash-bang), but the city was slowly shuffling back to life and growth. Directly under the spot where the bomb had burst eleven months ago, a small vegetable garden flourished. The people were clearing paths through the desert of debris (it would take years to remove all) and...
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