Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews May Yamaoka, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945

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Description:

May Yamaoka, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, says that she was born in Lodi, California, went to Japan to attend school and was called an 'enemy' by her classmates after the war began. She also talks of finding her sister in a pile of corpses after the bombing and about returning to the U.S. after the war and being interviewed by American newspapers soon after her arrival. She vividly recalls the day of the bombing and says that she now prefers to live alone.

Date Issued:

2009-04-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Japan, Hiroshima-shi, United States, and Hiroshima-shi (Japan)

Subject Topic:

Family, Atomic bomb victims, Japanese, and History

Subject Name:

Yamaoka, May, 1929-, Yamaoka, May, and 1929-

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5bc3sx9x