Michihiko hachiya biography of christopher
The powerful and inspiring diary of a doctor who survived the atomic bomb and treated the people of Hiroshima only 1500m from the centre of the blast.!
The Bombing of Hiroshima, 1945
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August 6, 1945 - the sun rose into a clear blue sky over the city of Hiroshima, Japan promising a warm and pleasant day.
Nothing in the day's dawning indicated that this day would be any different from its predecessors. But this day would be different, very different. This day would change the
| The bomb's mushroom cloud rises 20,000 feet above the city soon after the blast. |
On this day a single bomb dropped by a single airplane destroyed the city, leading to the end of World War II and introducing mankind to the Atomic Age.
Dr. Michihiko Hachiya lived through that day and kept a diary of his experience.
The Doctor of Hiroshimais the extraordinary true story of Dr Michihiko Hachiya, whose hospital was less than a mile from the centre of the atomic bomb that hit.
He served as Director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital and lived near the hospital approximately a mile from the explosion's epicenter. His diary was published in English in 1955
"The hour was early; the morning still, warm, and beautiful.
Shimmering leaves, reflecting sunlight from a c