The road was named White Sand Boulevard after the atomic bomb explosion aftermath. She said the road was eventually made into four lanes because more traffic went through it. The house was on Pennsylvania road which had two lanes. There was an outhouse outside because they had no running water or electricity, and they had dirt floors. She used a water pump to get water which was in her backyard. She lived with her five brothers and her mother. My great grandma lived in an adobe house, which was one story with three bedrooms, with a front and back porch. My great grandma Nellie was born and raised in New Mexico, and her mother and grandma were born in La Luz. I was surprised at how little she cared about it, and how little effect something so huge and life changing for the world had on her. She said she went to bed like normal, then woke up when the explosion happened and she went right back to bed after the flash of light. She told me she had known there was going to be something happening that day, but there were no details except that. She said there was a gigantic flash of light that lit up her entire house she felt the ground shake and heard a loud boom. I asked my great grandma about her experience. She was nineteen years old when the atomic bomb testing happened on July 16th, 1945. My great grandma Manuela “Nellie” Misquez, lived through the atomic bomb testing that happened at McGregor Range. Some people like my great grandma didn’t understand the importance of the atomic test bomb, or even other major events. Japan and Germany surrendered and the allies were victorious. The atomic bomb killed many innocent Japanese lives but it was required for the war to end, and to save American soldiers’ lives. There were so many bad things happening to innocent people. It was a terrible war that most people didn’t understand. We were in the midst of chaos and ruin for not only the United States but the whole world. No matter how you feel about the atomic bomb, it ended World War II. Crystal Hackney wrote this paper in response to a prompt to write an essay which used primary research and explored a historical topic.
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