Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing and vocal campaigner against nuclear weapons, passed away at 96 on Oct 24th. Obits: BBC, Asahi Shimbun, NYT, Globe & Mail. * Post title from the Asahi Shumbun article.
American torpedoes during WWII
“I still can’t believe the U.S. entered a naval war in 1941-42 without working torpedoes, and didn’t even realize that they didn’t work until 1943.” U. S. Torpedo Troubles During World War II, a 1998 article by Douglas Shireman. Via Noah Smith.
Welcome to Britain
In 1943, film star Burgess Meredith hosts a U.S. Army training film instructing soldiers departing for service what to expect when they arrive in Britain, exploring the generosity of British people suffering under war time privation, the local pub, dif…
For Fiesole
something happened on that piazza and its various arteries in early August of 1944, which has haunted me from the moment I learned of it.