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- United States President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deliver remarks following a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan. Obama describes the horrors of World War Two and the destruction of the first atomic bomb and says that the U.S. and Japan have made choices since the Hiroshima bombing that should give the world hope and that the world needs to change its mindset about war and work toward peaceful cooperation. Prime Minister Abe, via a translator, talks about his address to the U.S. Congress in 2015 on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two and about the friendship between the U.S. and Japan.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-05-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kazuko Aoki talks about going into Hiroshima after the bombing and experiencing black rain. She also discusses her life in Hawaii after the war and volunteering at a hospice.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-02-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Takeo Yamashiro says he does not remember anything about the Hiroshima bombing, but does remember his classmates later dying from Leukemia. Yamashiro also talks about immigrating to Canada and his views on the current proliferation of nuclear arms.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Taihiru Bai, a Korean, says that he was working outside of the city with his familiy when the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima. He also talks about his search for his brother in the aftermath of the bombing, the years of hardship following the war, returning to Korea, being threatened by war in Korea, and finally finding a way to emigrate to Brazil. Bai says that he only recently acquired a Hibakusya Medical Card with the help of Hibakusha association in Brazil. Part two of two parts.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-08-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sachiko Rummel says that she lost her father from radiation related disease after the Hiroshima blast and had a difficult childhood raising her sisters, brother and her sick mother. She explains that she came to Canada after her marriage and only recently started speaking about her experience.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Mitsugu Horioka recounts touring Hiroshima shorty after the atomic bombing 1945. He also talks about emigrating to Brazil and his current profession.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-06-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kazue Kawasaki talks about losing all of her classmates in the Hiroshima bombing while she survived because she was at work in an arms factory. She talks about feeling shame in the aftermath of the bombing because she still had her clothes on while everyone else was naked and burned. She also talks about immigrating to the U.S.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Takeko Okano talks about how she miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, but lost her father to the blast. She also describes her immigration to San Francisco, CA after the war.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Takashi Morita vividly describes the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and serving as a Military Police Officer. He says that post-war life in Hiroshima was very, very hard and that everyone lived with the fear of the unknown future effects of radiation. Morita also discusses immigrating to Brazil as a clock smith, opening a corner store, helping to found the Atomic Bomb Survivors Association, hosting Association meetings at his store and fighting for survivor rights.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-06-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- 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