HIROSHIMA PEACE FESTIVAL.—The residents of Hiroshima, Japan, recently celebrated the third anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on their city by holding a civic peace festival. In this photograph a Japanese student choir is seen at the gathering. The festival was attended by Lieutenant-General H. C. H. Robertson (Commander-in-Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces), who, in conveying greetings from General MacArthur, reminded the Japanese that their nation’s aggression had caused the disaster.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25580, 23 August 1948, Page 7
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76HIROSHIMA PEACE FESTIVAL.—The residents of Hiroshima, Japan, recently celebrated the third anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on their city by holding a civic peace festival. In this photograph a Japanese student choir is seen at the gathering. The festival was attended by Lieutenant-General H. C. H. Robertson (Commander-in-Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces), who, in conveying greetings from General MacArthur, reminded the Japanese that their nation’s aggression had caused the disaster. Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25580, 23 August 1948, Page 7
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