Kill Me, Kill Me. 'Fruit of War' Photo of Nagasaki Victim
January 30, 2018 "Information Clearing House" - The above picture is from the black and white photo graph of Sumiteru Taniguchi taken by U.S. Marine Sergeant Joe O'Donnell, September 15, 1945, in Nagasaki. O’Donnell waved away the flies and gently brushed out the maggots before taking the picture, and then decided to take no more pictures of burn victims unless ordered to do so.
Sumiteru Taniguchi, age 16 in 1945, was
about one mile away from the Nagasaki
hypocenter. A mile away from this small
primitive nuclear bomb was not far enough.
It was 11:02 A.M.; Taniguchi-san was on his
red bicycle delivering mail in the
Sumiyoshi-machi area on that hot Nagasaki
day. He was burned on his back, left arm,
and on his buttock s through his pants,
while on his bicycle. I have wondered if he
was standing on the pedals going uphill. It is now
too late to find out; Taniguchi-san died of
cancer, August 30, 2017, age 88. Repeatedly,
Sumiteru pleaded with his doctors and
nurses, “Kill me! Kill me!” He spent 21
months lying on his stomach in the hospital;
it became his eating place and his toilet
place. Taniguchi-san spent most of his life
warning people that the survival of humanity
is threatened by the existence of nuclear
weapons.
A 21 minute interview with Taniguchi-san.
谷口さんの21分のインタビューはこちら。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACu4prtWXpc
One may read more about him in the book by
Peter Townsend, The Postman of Nagasaki: The
story of a survivor.
Do a Google search for Sumiteru Taniguchi.
1945年、16歳だった谷口稜曄さんは長崎爆心地から約2キロ地点で被爆しました。この小さ
Interview with Sumiteru Taniguchi
'I'd drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima again if needed' - Enola Gay last living member
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