Children of the Atomic Bomb: An American Physician's Memoir of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and the Marshall Islands

ABOUT THE PROJECT

IMAGES AND RESOURCES

"Pika Don"

The Human Toll

What Is Radiation?

Thermal Radiation

One Mile from Ground Zero

Thermal Radiation and Blast Winds

What Does Radiation Do to Living Things?

Lethal Radiation Effects

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Death Toll

Fallout Radiation Skin Burn

Thyroid Injury to Children

How Radiation Affects Pregnant Women and Children

Leukemia in Children

"Hibakusha": Those who Survived and How They Survived

U.S. Citizens Killed and Erased from History

Peace Ambassadors in an Unpeaceful World

Children of the Atomic Bomb

The atomic bomb detonation was described as a brilliant light, "pika" followed by a thunderous blast, “don.”

Pika Don

"Pika don"

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