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"When she told us about the skin hanging from their fingers and how they screamed for help. It is the graphic description of radiation burns that moves and affects young students the most. But I cannot answer more difficult questions," says one Hiroshima survivor, Yoshiko Nakazono. What I can tell them is how terrible it was, how scary it was. Discussions of why the bombing happened are rare. It soon moves into a harrowing, eyewitness account of the bombing. Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, recalling the moment the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima One class begins with an animated story of a young atomic bomb survivor who died of leukemia.
So, what are Japan's youth - the country's future - learning about the past?ĭuring a tour of the Hiroshima war memorial, students attend classes where survivors speak. That attitude has riled neighbors, like China and South Korea, who say Japan must acknowledge that it was the aggressor, rather than the victim, of war. He chiseled away the word mistake and later told police he did it to show that Japan had nothing to apologize for in World War II.įor many in Japan, the defining moments in World War II were not the invasions of neighboring countries, but the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "Let all souls here rest in peace, for this mistake shall not be repeated." These days, more than a million people a year flock to Hiroshima's peace museum.įor many Japanese students, a visit to the first city to come under nuclear attack is a powerful lesson in World War II history, often leading to heated debate over Japan's record.ĭays before this year's memorial ceremony, a 27-year old broke in and defaced this inscription: forces dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, 593 miles (954 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo, three days later. Hiroshima, situated 426 miles (686 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo, was charred and leveled beyond recognition. B-29 bomber Enola Gay released its payload - an atomic bomb named "Little Boy" - over the city of 350,000 people. HIROSHIMA, Japan (CNN) - The atomic bombing of Hiroshima - an act that ushered in the nuclear age but also helped end World War II - still stokes controversy 60 years on.Īt 8:15 a.m.