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Hiroshima Sunset
In 2007, self-publishing author, Amanda Blackburn accepts an assignment in Japan to help exonerate the name of a former soldier who served in the post-war Australian occupation army in 1946. On arrival in Japan however, Amanda soon discovers that things are not quite as they seemed.
A tender love story set against the background of the all-but-forgotten Australian military contingent, which made up the bulk of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, sent to Japan in February 1946 following Japan's surrender at the end of WW2. Assigned responsibility for the Hiroshima prefecture by General Douglas MacArthur, thousands of Australian soldiers disarmed the Japanese war machine, and helped repatriate Japanese soldiers returning home. They were ensconced into an area devastated by a nuclear bomb, where civilians were suffering serious physical and psychological trauma. Inevitably, some of the soldiers fell in love. This is one such story.
A tender love story set against the background of the all-but-forgotten Australian military contingent, which made up the bulk of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, sent to Japan in February 1946 following Japan's surrender at the end of WW2. Assigned responsibility for the Hiroshima prefecture by General Douglas MacArthur, thousands of Australian soldiers disarmed the Japanese war machine, and helped repatriate Japanese soldiers returning home. They were ensconced into an area devastated by a nuclear bomb, where civilians were suffering serious physical and psychological trauma. Inevitably, some of the soldiers fell in love. This is one such story.
277 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2009
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August 3, 2009
Aug. 02, 2009
A beautiful story with a very poignant message about the decision to drop this horrible bomb for me it puts into perspective the term used so much today "Weapons of mass Destruction" nothing a terrorist could contrive could come anywhere close to what was dropped on Hiroshima. That apart this book is one of the best stories I can remember go on give it a try you won't regret it.
I downloaded it in epub format from smashwords.com but you can get it in paperback
Keith
A beautiful story with a very poignant message about the decision to drop this horrible bomb for me it puts into perspective the term used so much today "Weapons of mass Destruction" nothing a terrorist could contrive could come anywhere close to what was dropped on Hiroshima. That apart this book is one of the best stories I can remember go on give it a try you won't regret it.
I downloaded it in epub format from smashwords.com but you can get it in paperback
Keith
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