In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far greater than photographs can show.

~ Wilfred Burchett

Wilfred Burchett First Island Years

My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.

~ Wilfred Burchett

Wilfred Burchett First Us Weapon