Comments on '8/6/45'August 6, 1945
Tokyo, Japan
The control operator suddenly leaned forward in his chair, adjusting switches and controls. His headphones were giving off…nothing. Only on one station, though.
He thought it curious and switched to another telephone line to re-establish the connection, but it didn't come. He fiddled with the controls for several more minutes, and finally decided that nothing was working from this station.
Suddenly, a telegraph came through. "MAIN RAILROAD LINE TELEGRAPH N OF HIRO DOWN STOP." The operator gave a frown and read it again.
He decided to send these reports off to Japanese General Staff.
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One three hours later, a JGS plane was flying over the area of the rumored communications failure. The two pilots inside were silent.
"Wait…what is that?" one said suddenly. "About 160 km out…there."
"Smoke?"
The plane dropped lower, closer to the city of Hiroshima. The General Staff came in on the radio.
"What do you see?"
The first pilot muttered a prayer to himself.2008-05-12T08:41:46Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/29718Comment on 8/6/45<p>I agree with OT,OC. This really peaked my interest. I’ve always known the basics of this, but now I feel intrigued to learn a bit more.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=617332008-05-12T08:41:46ZSaint Chuckhttp://ficlets.com/authors/chuck_theloveComment on 8/6/45<p>i love the last line. really good job on this one, too.. i hadn’t known about this happening, and now i’m interested in it. that’s madd skilllzz (for u to peak my interest like that) right there=]</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=612322008-05-09T21:40:45ZOne Time, One Chancehttp://ficlets.com/authors/one_chanceComment on 8/6/45<p><strong>Amaster</strong> – That’s not me makin’ it up. That’s good old, cold hard history.<br /><sub>At least from what I’ve been taught.</sub></p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=611992008-05-09T19:13:25ZStovohobohttp://ficlets.com/authors/stovohoboComment on 8/6/45<p>A day that wil live in infamy.<br />Very well told in military jargon that makes me fell i’m reading a real transcript.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=610622008-05-08T22:36:29ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on 8/6/45<p>Wow, I think it is great how you make the first one to notice a problem be a control operator, but I am confused about what the control operator’s job is.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=610522008-05-08T22:06:15ZAmasterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/amasterComment on 8/6/45<p>It was certainly a singular event in human history, still debated today.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=609572008-05-08T15:26:46ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on 8/6/45<p>Great POV on here. The confused reactions to the first A-Bomb dropped are haunting. And the fact that you titled this piece with the date of the bombing evokes 9/11 for me.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=609462008-05-08T11:00:21ZBARomerohttp://ficlets.com/authors/baromeroComment on 8/6/45<p>This is about the bombing of Hiroshima….</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29718?basename=608992008-05-07T23:46:31ZNever Explainhttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_4153