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Searchers seek atomic bomb's missing victims on island near Hiroshima 80 years later

Searchers seek atomic bomb's missing victims on island near Hiroshima 80 years later
world8/4/2025

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural island south of Hiroshima.

NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suic... [8934 chars]