ocr: "The sound on the radio was very bad - lots of static -- we couldnt hear very clearly. But we knew it was the end. "We were told the Emperor is divine. But that time [when "Burnt-out city of he spoke on the Hlratsuka, Japan, after terrific aerial radio] I think he bombardment which was was really human. : concentrated on naval manufacturing plants. - (caption typed on back My mother's of US taken Signal 9/9/45) Corps photo, recollection of Emperor Hironitos rad1o broadcast, August 15, 1945, retlects the shock the Japanese people felt on hearing the Emperor speak directly to them for the first ...
