Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.
Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip for his shipbuilding company on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city.
He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, about 300 kilometers (190 miles) to the southwest, which suffered a second U.S. atomic bomb attack three days later....
IIRC, according to John Toland in Rising Sun, Mr. Yamaguchi had just gotten home and was excitedly describing the Hiroshima bomb to his wife when, KABLOOEY!
Rest in peace sir, and may no others ever have to share your experience. |