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Sixty percent of Hiroshima was obliterated [destroyed] by the lone atomic bomb dropped on Sunday, it was announced in Guam last night. Five major industrial plants disappeared and additional damage was done beyond the wiped-out area. Only 2.8 square miles of the city's 6.9 square miles remained. The city disappeared in a cloud of smoke, flame and dust that rose 40,000 feet. The missile struck the center of the target, a flash brighter than sunlight covered the city and several minutes later the smoke cloud reached up to the stratosphere . . .Which event is described in this excerpt from the New York Times

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