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The story of A-bomb survivor Toshie Une

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    As some of you may already know, today was the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Here’s a partially-translated “NEWS ZERO” report about Toshie Une, a 90-year-old woman who still remembers the horrors she experienced on August 6, 1945:


    An English language write-up of her experience can be found at the Spirit of Hiroshima homepage and her book can be found at Amazon Japan.

    [The subbing of the video was done with great haste, so there may be errors. If you catch any, let me know and I'll attempt to fix them.]

    8 comments - What do you think?  Posted by James - August 6, 2009 at 9:33 pm

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