Across years, across miles, sword returning home

Amdahl had come to Nagasaki in 1945 as a Marine Corps captain -- he was on a ship preparing to invade Japan at Nagasaki, but instead he arrived there just days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Aug. 9, killing an estimated 70,000 people. A ceremony at the Como Park Visitors Center adjacent to the...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News
Main Author Anderson, Jim
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 21.09.2013
Subjects
Military personnel
Peace
Japan
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Summary:Amdahl had come to Nagasaki in 1945 as a Marine Corps captain -- he was on a ship preparing to invade Japan at Nagasaki, but instead he arrived there just days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Aug. 9, killing an estimated 70,000 people. A ceremony at the Como Park Visitors Center adjacent to the conservatory there -- part of International Peace Day -- also represents one more tie between St. Paul and Nagasaki, which have one of the longest sister-city relationships in the nation, dating to 1955.