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06-03-2010, 14:48 #1Senior Member
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Hiroshima book withdrawn after Walt outed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/mo...MERON_BRF.html
Joseph Fuoco's pretence that he was at Hroshima when he wasn't surely rates as A-level walting!Dr Johnson: 'Any man thinks less of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been to sea.'
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher of Kilverstone: 'Moderation in war is imbecility!'
Douglas MacArthur: 'There is no substitute for Victory!'
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06-03-2010, 22:36 #2Senior Member
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Re: Hiroshima book withdrawn after Walt outed
He might have pinched and adapted the title; I'm fairly sure some years ago, I read a POW book written by an Australian POW called 'Last Train From Nagasaki" but it could be pure coincidence though.
Originally Posted by seaweed
I recall it was an account of POWs arriving at the port of Nagasaki but being shipped onwards just in time to avoid the bomb.
I've done a check on Amazon and Abe but there's no trace of the title.
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07-03-2010, 09:12 #3Senior Member
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Re: Hiroshima book withdrawn after Walt outed
Good account from a British POW in the Mail the oher day
........was taking care to avoid being splashed when there came a tremendous clap of thunder from the direction of Nagasaki. Then moments later, a sudden gust of hot air like a giant hairdryer blasted into me, knocking my shrunken frame sideways.
Later, the other prisoners came back from their day at a nearby factory and began to talk of a massive bomb raid. No one had any concrete information. We just knew that something big had happened down in Nagasaki.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0hTb4uO3oWe should remember the tremendous contribution of the Queen Mother to the war effort:
As the BBC pointed out, she 'bravely remained in London beside her husband' during the war.
This contrasts sharply with the actions of my grandfather who, on the declaration of war immediately left his wife and children and pissed off, first to France, then North Africa, Italy, France (again) and finally Germany.
The shame will always be with us.
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