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Hiroshima: People
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Today in Hiroshima, there live 50,000 people who were there the day the atomic bomb exploded. Their generation is dying off, and many refuse to speak about the bomb. Others are eager to tell their stories as living witnesses of nuclear war. Three of them recently spoke with a Chronicle writer.
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W[H]y is it that when people talk Hiroshima and Nagasaki today, the standard response from defenders of the decision is that dropping these bombs saved hundreds of thousands and, in some versions, millions, of American lives? The reason is that some of those who had most favored using the bomb, or who had gone along with the decision, participated in a highly successful attempt to craft history.
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August marked the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Many observed this anniversary in the company of an A-bomb survivor who visited Dallas, Crawford and Austin, Texas. Dr. Satoru Konishi shared his firsthand witness of the effects of nuclear weapons at the annual Veterans For Peace National Convention in Dallas, where he was honored for his peace work. In addition, he addressed more than 250 people at various press and public events in Crawford and Austin, including a private audience with Austin Mayor Will Wynn.
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Tokyo's first knowledge of what had really caused the disaster came from the White House public announcement in Washington, sixteen hours after the nuclear attack on Hiroshima. By the end of 1945, it is estimated that 60,000 more people died due to nuclear fallout sickness. However, this total does not include longer term casualties from radiation exposure.
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--END IMAGE TABLE--> Sixty years have passed since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It and the attack on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, killed 200,000 and 70,000 people respectively. The attack signified the end of the Second World War, and it was the first and last time atomic weapons were used in conflict.
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On 6th August 1945, a B29 bomber dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima. It has been estimated that over the years around 200,000 people have died as a result of this bomb being dropped. Japan did not surrender immediately and a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. On 10th August the Japanese surrendered. The Second World War was over.
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