Hiroshima | 60 Minutes Archive

The only entry in the Co-Pilot's diary being 'My God.' really hit home.

My mother was there. She had gone to her aunt and uncles house on the north side of the city the night before they dropped Little Boy to help pick fruit. I never met my grandparents and aunt and uncles. They were never found. She had some scares on her arms from when she covered her face. She was a very happy lady and lived to be 83. My father was career US Navy and they married in 1955… I pray we never see this again.

We had two WWII vets in our family one Navy & one Marine. In August 1945 they were both in the Pacific and had been through many brutal battles. I'm sure that if there had been an invasion they would have been part of it and their survival would have been very much in doubt. Fortunately they both made it home and I was able to hear some of their stories firsthand. The Marine had survived Tarawa & Saipan and the Navy vet survived many air and submarine battles both in the Pacific and also the Atlantic. To me hearing these stories from a family member that was there made them take on a whole new dimension. FLY NAVY!!!

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As a Japanese citizen, it`s quite lamentable that A-bomb survivors are discriminated by their people as outcasts. So they are victimized not by American A-bombs but also by Japanese people. But we have to keep in mind that Japanese are not only victims of A-bombs. When A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, about 10% of people there were Koreans and some POWs. Their traumatic experiences are neglected in their countries, and they could not receive free medical treatment which Japanese A-bomb survivors take them for granted.

This is so truthful and so well done. It's thoughtful journalism like this that keeps information honest and vital to our well being. Thank you.

My grandfather was U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and deployed to Japan right after the bombing. He died of leukemia in 1981…….

We, the World, should never forget. I've been to Hiroshima and Nagasaki many times, so beautiful and the people are very welcoming.

Killed "Only" 39,000 people 8:06 is something i never thought id hear lol

Im as old as this episode, Damn! like Ron Simmons says!