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Japanese women who underwent surgery in the U.S. to repair the ravages caused by the atomic blast became known as the "Hiroshima maidens". The author documents

Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who liv

The little-known history of U.S. survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings reveals captivating trans-Pacific memories of war, illness, gender, and

On the morning of August 6, 1945, an American bomber, the Enola Gay, roars down the runway of the Pacific island, Tinian. Its target is Hiroshima, Japan. Its ca

The story of twenty-five young women, scarred survivors of the Hiroshima blast, who became known as the Hiroshima Maidens after they were taken to the United St