American History TV

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Survivor Stories

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Missions

New York City
Monday, December 31, 2012

Clifton Truman Daniel, a grandson of President Truman, and atomic bomb survivors Setsuko Thurlow from Hiroshima and Yamashita Yasuaki from Nagasaki met with students from Bayside High School in New York City.  They talked about the decision to use atomic weapons during World War II and what it was like to live through an atomic attack.

Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 9:50am (ET)