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80 years after Nagasaki, Hiroshima: Ohio's connections to atomic bombs that ended WWII

Ohio has more than one connection to the final days of World War II. Here’s what to know about the Bockscar bomber and the pilot of the Enola Gay.

Nagasaki mayor issues chilling warning on 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

As Japan marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a local leader is calling for global action and warns that the world could see this devasation again.

Remembering Hiroshima with Northumberland's Ted Van Kirk

This is a condensed version of a 1992 article based on an interview with Ted Van Kirk, of Northumberland, the navigator of the Enola Gay, who died in 2014. The article originally appeared in The Daily ...

‘Children like me had to carry bodies’: Japan A-bomb survivors urge world not to forget 80 years on

With over 12,000 nuclear warheads still in existence in the world, Maroosha Muzaffar asks are we forgetting the horrors ...
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‘Never use nuclear weapons again, or we’re finished:’ Nagasaki survivors speak out on 80th anniversary

NEVER use nuclear weapons again, or we’re finished,” 93-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki bombing Hiroshi Nishioka said at ...
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Clouds Over Kokura Seal Nagasaki’s Fate: The Last-Minute Twist That Ended World War II

On August 9, 1945, clouds over Kokura forced a US bomber to switch to Nagasaki, where a sudden break in the sky led to a ...

‘A huge relief, but then a sense of sadness’ | East Tennessee’s ties to the Manhattan Project

Keim said, “It was over. A huge relief, but then a sense of sadness or the gravity of realizing that the bomb killed so many ...