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Commemoration of the Bombing of Hiroshima

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20200806 The Atomic Bomb And Hiroshima To Hope This Year

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in estimates of over 200,000 deaths within months of the event. This was the first of two of the only nuclear weapons used on civilians in the world’s history.

Shirley Shimada’s family is from a fishing village outside of Hiroshima. She shares her family’s stories about how bewildered the Japanese people were with the impact of this new munition. (more…)