Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Yamaguchi

The following email was originally posted on August 7, 2018

This week is Nuclear War Remembrance Week.  It is an unofficial week on most calendars but on my Amherst calendar, it holds a special place to remember what happened on this week some 73 years ago and to reflect on why we must do everything we can to make sure that it never happens again.


It also is a time when I can reflect on those who survived the bombing and listen to their stories 


And it is especially important to remember the only "officially" recognized survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tsutomi Yamaguchi


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi

and to pray that the message of his life, the purpose of his survival, would not have been in vain.

Peace,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins

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