World: Japan: To Count the Dead

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Like most survivors, Mrs. Horie bears little animosity toward the nation responsible for the destruction of Hiroshima. "That's beside the point," she says. "What we in Hiroshima learned is that war must be avoided and peace must be preserved. We have paid too dear a price for our lesson to forget it." Hiroshima agrees. In Peace Park, dedicated to the atomic dead, the memorial reads simply: "Rest in peace. The mistake shall not be repeated."