Long Island Marks 70th Anniversary Of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
OLD BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Thursday marks 70 years since the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan, ultimately ending World World II.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano marked the anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack at the Museum of American Armor.
70th Anniversary Of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Marked On Long Island
Those who lost their lives in service were remembered during a dedication ceremony of a WWII-era amphibious assault vehicle at the museum.
Mangano was joined by U.S. Marine veterans of the battle for Iwo Jima, as well as active duty Marines.
World War II U.S. Marine veteran Walter Ulrich believes dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ultimately saved more lives than it claimed, and he hopes it's never used again.
"I wish we had dropped the two and after that destroyed all ways of having to make it and never have another one again," the 89-year-old said.
Unfortunately, Ulrich said war is sometimes necessary.
"People are against war all the time but they forget the Revolutionary War, they forget the Civil War, it made America," he said.
