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US nuclear weapons sites remember 80th anniv. of Hiroshima A-bomb
Events commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima were held in some U.S. cities on Wednesday, its 80th anniver ...
The grandchildren of 2 men who experienced both A-bomb attacks 80 years ago now work for peace
Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. On ...
Eighty years on, Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors are still calling for peace
Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ageing survivors are urging the world to remember what was lost – and to imagine a ...
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Hiroshima at 80: Survivors plead for peace as nuclear weapons stockpiles grow
During a ceremony held at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Matsui urged global powers to abandon nuclear deterrence ...
Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers
Burned and sickened by radiation, many of Hiroshima’s survivors forgave. They wove pacifism into their DNA, the vanguards of a vanquished nation that cast off decades of imperialism. People ringing ...
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80 years after atomic blast, Hiroshima’s trees still tell the story
When Hiroshima became the site of the first-ever use of a nuclear weapon in war, two-thirds of the city was destroyed. Today, it’s a lively city of over a million people. And scattered throughout are ...
On This Day in History: Nevada crews load Hiroshima bomb in 1945
August 6, 1945, marked a significant milestone in world history — on this day, the U.S. detonated the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan.