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Descendants of atomic bomb plane crewman and double survivor team up to abolish nuclear weapons
When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Ari Beser’s grandfather was onboard both of the ...
Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing
Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors ...
Remembering the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the ties to Oak Ridge
Venesa Torres of Oak Ridge watches as citizens ring the International Friendship Bell at A.K. Bissell Park at 6:47 a.m. to ...
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.
San Francisco Japantown museum reflects on 80 years since atomic bombing
Ryan Yamamoto reports on a new documentary focusing on the dropping of the atomic bombs from the perspective of medics who ...
The legacy of my father, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor | Opinion
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, when 70,000 people were killed instantly. By the end of ...
As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist"
The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Recall the Day the World Changed
Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, survivors recount their harrowing experiences in a stark reminder of the ...
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Bishops in Japan say atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace
On Aug. 6 – the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord – Cardinal Cupich presided over a Mass for peace in Hiroshima, where ...
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In Hiroshima on anniversary of atomic bombing there, Cardinal McElroy highlights ‘new moment’ for renewing Catholic teaching on war and peace
In a talk in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a Pilgrimage of Peace coinciding with the 80 th anniversaries of the United States ...
The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.