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Peace Memorial Park

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View through the memorial, past the peace flame, to the a-bombed dome.

Chicken Shack

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The interior is decorated with many sets of samurai armor

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There is also this incredible piece of wood displayed inside!

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There is a Shinto shrine at the Chicken Shack; the shrine dogs are carved into the roof beams! Very impressive!

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The Chicken Shack was brightly decorated in August (for the Bon Festival?)

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You find these little statues of gods all over Japan... there's one here, too :-)

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The interior of the Shinto shrine at the Chicken Shack.

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Good Conduct Medal - I have two of these also!

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Navy Achievement Medal - I received 2!!

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Expert Shooter - M16A1 and M16A2 Service Weapon

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That's right 3 time expert shooter - M16A1 and M16A2

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A-Bomb Dome

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The Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall was constructed in 1915 as a base for promoting the sale of goods produced in Hiroshima Prefecture. The building designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel was highly regarded for its imposing, European-style design. Its name changed to Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall and then to Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. Intensification of the war led the government to discontinue commercial uses of the Industrial Promotion Hall in March 1944. Instead, it housed the branch office of the Chugoku Shikoku Public Works Office of the Internal Affairs Agency and the offices of the Hiroshima District Lumber and Japan Lumber Control Corporation. When the atomic bomb exploded, it ravaged the building instantly. Heat blazing from above consumed the entire building, killing everyone in it. Because the blast attacked the building from virtually straight overhead, some walls escaped total collapse. Along with the wire framework of the dome, these form the shape that has become a symbol. At some point it became known as the "A-bomb Dome." In 1966, Hiroshima City determined to preserve the A-bomb Dome indefinitely and solicited funds from within Japan and overseas. To date, the A-bomb Dome has undergone two preservation projects. As a historical witness that conveys the disaster of the first atomic bombing in history, and as a symbol of the vow to pursue the abolition of nuclear weapons and enduring peace, in December 1996 the A-bomb Dome was registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List based on the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

Children's Peace Monument

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Sadako Sasaki was exposed to the bombing at age two, contracted leukemia ten years later and died. Shocked by her death, her classmates put out a national call to "build a monument to mourn all the children who died from the atomic bombing." With the support of students in more than 3,100 schools around Japan and in nine other countries, including England, the Society was able to build this bronze statue that stands nine meters high. On the top of the three-legged pedestal stands the bronze figure of a girl holding up a gold-colored "folded" crane. On opposite sides of the pedestal are suspended boy and girl figures symbolizing a bright future and hope. On the stone underneath the pedestal is inscribed, "This is our cry. This is our prayer. For building peace in this world." The monument was created by Kazuo Kikuchi, then a professor of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. A gold crane modeled after an ancient bronze bell initially hung under a bell inside the tower. This piece was contributed by Dr. Hideki Yukawa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, who was much moved by the feelings of the children. It was made as a wind chime. (At present, the bell and golden crane are exhibited in the first-floor lobby of the East Building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.)

Memorial Tower to the Mobilized Students

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To make up for the labor shortage, the government enacted the Student Labor Service Act in August 1944. This act required students in middle school and higher grades to perform labor service in munitions factories and the like. Then, in November, many students were required to participate in tearing down homes and other buildings (building demolition). The purpose was to create fire-breaks to limit the expansion of fire in the event of air attacks. In Hiroshima City, of the roughly 8,400 students in the national upper level schools, about 6,300 died on the day of the bombing. Most students working at various industries around the city were also killed. After the war, the government only permitted mobilized students killed in the atomic bombing or in air strikes whose names and date of death were known to be enshrined in Yasukuni Shrine. In response to this, bereaved families began a movement to create a list of the dead and donated funds to build this tower.

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Camp Lejeune, NC

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Stationed here for a few years.

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Semper Fi - Always Faithfull

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So Much Love

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USMC

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For my parents...

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Devil Dog

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Service Stripes - I got 2

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Bull Dog

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MWSS-272 - New River Air Station, NC

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National Defense Service Ribbon

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I went to school here. Albany, GA

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Boot Camp - MCRD Parris Island, SC

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For my Shooting Badge

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I was here for a year

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Good Conduct Medal - I got 2

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I'm an Expert

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Flight Line - Iwakuni Japan

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Camp Lejeune

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2d FSSG, I worked at the SASSY Management Unit

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Angela's Report Card!

kimmeetee — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:30:01 MST

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I am so proud of her!!!

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Kim

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