The 50th anniversary next August is bound to get enormous publicity.
Much of it will be by people too young to remember the event and using
the anniversary to make a point.  It is likely to forget the people in
the armed forces at the time.  It will probably even forget the
Japanese of the time except those hit by the atomic bombs.

It would be useful to have a large number of reminiscences of the
event and people's reactions to it.  First hand memories will be best,
but second hand memories will be needed too, because so many veterans
have died since that time.  Japanese memories would also be useful.

Here are some questions:

1. What were you doing on August 6, 1945?

2. What did you anticipate for your own immediate future just before
August 6?

3. What was your immediate reaction to the bombing?

4. What was your reaction a month later?

5. What is your present opinion?

Would the moderators consider allowing such reminiscences on this
newsgroup?  If there are too many a special group could be
established.

I think they will have great historical interest and are likely to be
lost if not collected.