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>---------------------------------------- >Photos of Nagasaki aftermath found in US >---------------------------------------- >Fifteen photographs of the devastation created by the >US atomic bombing >of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, have been found at the >home of Texas >photographer Mark Rankin. Rankin said the photos were >taken by his late >father Glenn, who visited Nagasaki a month after the >attack as a US >Marine and called part of the ravaged port city 'the >valley of death.' > >The elder Rankin, who was 20 at the time, described a >devastated area in >northern Nagasaki in a photo caption that read: 'Blast >rolled up valleys >like a great flood.' The 15 pictures are some of the >100 photos Glenn >took during a trip from Hawaii to Nagasaki. The >remaining 85 include >landscapes and shots of people's daily lives in >Nagasaki and Sasebo. >Glenn took a picture of an elderly woman carrying a >pile of firewood and >wrote in explanation: 'Even the very old did their >share.' > >The Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace >expressed excitement >over the discovery of the photos. 'The photo of [the] >woman carrying >firewood is precious' as it portrays people's lives >shortly after the >war, it said. > >Source: >http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20 >051025f1.htm - >The >Japan Times

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