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Lanterns light up Hiroshima river on 80th anniversary of atomic bombing
Hundreds of people gathered near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Wednesday to release candle-lit lanterns into Motoyasu ...
8 decades after atomic bombing in Hiroshima, search for missing continues on nearby island
When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural ...
The first atomic bomb is dropped on Aug. 6, 1945; the opinions of Nichols, scientists
I always believed that the atomic bomb should and would be used as soon as available. In addition, I had the impression that ...
Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff discusses his new book about the atomic bomb
Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.
Korean A-bomb survivors in Japan hold 1st memorial in Hiroshima
An association for Korean atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima held its first-ever memorial ceremony on Saturday to honor ...
80 years ago, the first atomic bomb was dropped; Oak Ridge to remember with dawn ceremony
A dawn ceremony is planned for Aug. 6, as Oak Ridge remembers the dropping of the first atomic bomb in 1945.