Survivors memory of the moment the bomb dropped At the time of writing this entry I am in Japan and although I have brought books to read for research I had not explored the thought that I might find something here that would take my research and thoughts further. A trip to Hiroshima on 6th August has not been out of my thoughts since visiting there. All my research to date has focused on the First World War and although some of the books I have read reference the Second Worl