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WORLDVIEW


Nagasaki—When the Atomic Bomb Fell

May 31, 2005


Pictured from left to right: Geoff Neill, translator; Katsuji Yoshida, bombing survivor; Jerome McDonnell, Worldview host; and Toru Maruta, director of the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims.

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Katsuji Yoshida—Nagasaki Bombing Survivor
Geoff Neill—Translator

On August 9, 1945, 13-year-old Katsuji Yoshida was walking home from school with friends. Then the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, and Yoshida's life changed forever.
   
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Nagasaki—Sharing a Message of Peace
Toru Maruta—Director, Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Geoff Neill—Translator

We talk with Toru Maruta, director of the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, which was built to remember Japanese victims of the atomic bomb and to work toward lasting peace.
   
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Originally broadcast May 25, 2005
Former Hiroshima mayor Tadatoshi Akiba talks about the group, Mayors for Peace, and its efforts to avoid nuclear war.

 
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