European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 7, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 a a. In p�?�45 years later Hiroshima recalls the horror Hiroshima Japan apr Hiroshima came to a halt for a moment monday in Observance of the world s first atom bomb attack which levelled this bustling coastal City 45 years ago. For an eerie moment the City fell silent automobiles stopped and people throughout this Industrial Center of i million residents joined in a moment of prayer to Comfort the souls of the 140,000 people who died from the bomb a i pay my deep respects to the citizens of Hiroshima who have built this City of International peace from the ashes a prime minister Toshiki Kaifu said in an address to a crowd of5 5,000 at a commemoration ceremony. Quot As the Only country in the world to have experienced an atom bomb attack Japan has resolved not to let it be repealed with our three non nuclear principles and our Calls for total nuclear disarmament and everlasting peace a Kaifu said. The United states dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima a major military Center during world War ii on aug. 6, 1945. The bomb wiped out nearly half the 300,000 people who lived in the City killing most immediately. Many others died within months from radiation bums and other afflictions. Some 70,000 buildings were destroyed including most of the City a hospitals. In his annual peace declaration Hiroshima mayor Takeshi Araki called pledges by the United states and the soviet Union to reduce their nuclear arsenals the Best Hope for the future. He called for the banishment of All nuclear tests and nuclear weapons worldwide. By Early monday a wide Plaza in front of the Cenotaph the Central Monument to atom bomb victims was filled with mourners and Flowers wilting in the heat. Dignitaries Hiroshima residents and foreign guests bowed their Heads in a moment of silent prayer at 8 15 a.m., the moment the bomb exploded in a blinding Flash of Light 45 years earlier. Hiroshima has been honouring the dead each year for 43 years. Movies museum exhibits monuments and victims testimony describe the bombing that reduced Hiroshima to rubble and left its seven Rivers choked with dead. Each year 1.5 million people visit the City a peace 7j a a ,1. 7 v -v4t> v. V a. A Large crowd watches As doves Are released of the Hiroshima peace memorial Park in Japan monday. Memorial museum where several graphic exhibits refer to the attack As genocide and Point out that it was carried out against innocent civilians. Not All Hiroshima residents can face the memories. Retired schoolteacher Minako Tanabe said her husband has never attended the annual peace ceremony. A my husband wont come Here because its too sad. So Many of his friends died that Day a she said. At the ceremony 5,551 names of victims exposed to the bomb who died in the past year were added to the names enshrined in the Cenotaph. Although it is difficult to determine which deaths Are directly related to the bomb researchers believe the risk of death from leukaemia and lung Bone and breast cancer is much greater for those exposed. Three Days after the attack on Hiroshima the United states dropped a second atom bomb on the City of Nagasaki killing another 70, x 0 civilians. Japan surrendered on aug. 15, 1945, ending the  has no regrets about dropping a bomb Charlotte . Up a the Bombardier who dropped the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima 45 years ago said in an interview published sunday he has no regrets or apologies because his action ended world War ii. Thomas Forebee 71, told the Charlotte observer he did not know the blast he unleashed on aug. 6, 1945, would wipe out the japanese City and kill an estimated 140,000 people instantly. Nor did he know that it would be an irrevocable turning Point in history. But that summer morning 45 years ago Ferebee then 26, knew lie was getting ready to drop a special bomb a secret weapon that could end the War. A people have to go Back and study the history of the War and the attitude of the people at that time a he said. A everybody wanted the War to end. That a what i wanted the most. I wanted the bomb to work and end the War a so i Felt Good since the first time we used it it worked. I done to care How much Confidence you have in science until that bomb goes off you re not certain Quot he said. Following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki Japan three Days after Hiroshima Japan surrendered ending world War ii on aug. 15, 1945. Ferebee now a resident of wind Mere fla., joined the  in 4940. After two years of flying school in the  air corps he was assigned to be a Bombardier. After flying missions to Europe and North Africa he was assigned in 1944 to a b-29 bomber air Crew with col. Paul Tibbets the Pilot capt. Theodore a dutch Quot Van Kirk the navigator and nine other men. Quot there was no Way that i was going to get into an air plane without Ferebee and Van Kirk Quot Tibbets said. A they did exactly what they were supposed to do when they were supposed to do it. We were All Young kids. But they were As professional As anybody you could possibly  about two hours from Hiroshima Tibbets told the Crew exactly what they were carrying but Forebee did t hear. He was asleep. It took 43 seconds for the bomb to fall and make its Mark on history. Quot at first i saw this boiling on the ground and the Stem of the mushroom Cloud was going up and you could see buildings going up in the Stem Quot Ferebee said. A Quot it was All colors you can imagine a i think Brown red White a and it was spreading out in All directions then finally the Stem formed completely and the lop was there and it kind of broke  the inferno temporarily blinded i a Rebee and Tibbets because they neglected to Wear their dark  protesters hold rallies in 4 states by the associated press hundreds of anti nuclear demonstrators gathered at defense installations in Colorado Tennessee South Carolina and Pennsylvania to Mark mondays 45th anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima Japan. Thirty eight people were arrested. At the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant Northwest of Denver 25 protesters were arrested monday As they tried to enter the Plant police said. About 70 people gathered Early monday at the East and West Gates of the Plant w hich produces plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons. On sunday about 100 people attended a prayer Vigil at the Plant. In downtown Boulder colo., artists donned colourful costumes for a Parade to protest the planned resumption of plutonium production at Rocky Flats. Production was suspended last november because of safety concerns. No resumption Date a been released. In Oak Ridge. Tcnn., 10 protesters were arrested sunday for trespassing at the y-12 plan where uranium for the bomb was prepared. About 150 peace activists took part in a religious service and hours of speeches at the Gates. Quot take it apart tear it Down and put it to rest forever a Colvin idol told the cheering crowd. He said the bombings of Hiroshima and later Nagasaki Japan were motivated by racism. A i believe it would have never been dropped on White people who look like us Quot he told the virtually All White crowd. More than 250 people took part in a Igil sunday outside the Savannah River nuclear weapons Plant to remember Hiroshima a victims and to protest plans to restart a reactor at the site near Aiken s.c., in december or january. Hal French a religious studies professor at the University of South Carolina called the attack on Hiroshima a one of the primary traumas of the 2 eth  Quot we re All of us in a very real sense atomic bomb survivors. And we re All of us. In a prophetic sense atomic bomb victims Quot he said. About 140,000 people died n the aug. 6, 1945, blast the worlds Glrst atomic bomb attack. Three Davs later the United states dropped an a bomb on Nagasaki killing 70,000 civilians. Japan surrendered on August 1 5,. 1945, ending the War. In Liberty township l a., three people were arrested sunday for trespassing at a site that would be used As a command Center in the event of nuclear War. The three spent the night praying and singing with about 30 peace activists before crossing the Road to read a statement outside the installation said Ali a Beth Small one of those arrested. A these facilities Are no longer justified in terms of the world situation Quot she said. Quot liven it nuclear weapons Are never used we really steal from the poor and our children. One out of Lour children lives m poverty and it that is not an attack on our National defense 1 done to know what is a in Minneapolis monday about 2mj people attended the City a annual Hiroshima  Sci Ico during which a it or Don Fraser read a pc  proclamation. Church Hells rang in Northampton. Mass. Monday morning and the or Al chapter <4 the Arne can f friends scr u a a f Omillee planned a candlelight cd Lemony by the Pond on the i  Csiti of  Campus  night