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propaganda, xiv, 68, 108, 112, 144
prostitution, 134–35
psychological effects of bombings, 28, 62, 157, 176, 245, 246
public awareness of nuclear weapons, 150, 268–69
Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), 240, 260, 265, 289–90, 305
radiation exposure and illness
and care of bomb victims, 121–26
and casualty estimates, 130
and censorship, 149, 151
extent of damage from bombs, xiii, 42
first signs after bombing, 97–100
and health care laws, 219–25
and long-term health of hibakusha, 176–79
and medical care, 182–85
and news censorship, 109–15
ongoing effects of, 156–57, 159
and postwar demobilization, 133–38
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 100–103, 126–30, 143, 164
and radiation illness victims, 103–6
scientific research on, 106–9
and U.S. nuclear tests, 210–12
and U.S. occupation of Japan, 115–21, 147
See also cancers of bomb survivors
railroads, 62, 78, 81, 160
Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage, 247
relief stations, 87–88, 175–76
religious practices. See Buddhism; Catholicism in Nagasaki; Shinto
rescue teams, 69–70, 75–76, 82, 87
Roosevelt, Franklin, 28
Russia, 2, 3, 92, 284. See also Soviet Union
Ryong Pak Su, 225
Saint Francis Xavier, 169
Saiwai-machi Plant, 9
Sakhalin Island, 92
Sakurababa Municipal Junior High School, 294
San Francisco Peace Treaty, 219
Sanno Shrine, 201, 275–76
Sasebo, Japan, 59
Sasebo Naval Hospital, 88
Saturday Review, 150
Schull, William J., 203
scientific research on bomb effects, 106–9, 147, 148, 186–92, 195. See also Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC); medical records of bomb victims; U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey
Seattle Times, 269
Second World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 213
Seibo no Kishi, 134
seppuku, 94
Shimabara Peninsula, 58
Shimonokawa River, 275
Shinkozen Elementary School (and relief hospital)
and ABCC research, 182–83
and care of bomb victims, 121, 124, 125, 125, 126
and peace activism, 237
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 88, 100, 141, 158–59, 198, 199
and U.S. occupation forces, 158
Shinmin no michi [The Way of Subjects], 11
Shi no doshinen [Concentric Circles of Death] (Akizuki), 245
Shinto, 3, 144, 273
Shiotsuki Masao, 103–6, 104, 148, 196–97
Shirabe Koji, 99, 148
Shirabe Raisuke
and ABCC research, 187–88
and care of bomb victims, 102, 121
and Japanese surrender, 95
medical studies conducted by, 100, 112, 148
and peace activism, 220, 241–42, 247
radiation illness of, 99–100
and U.S. occupation of Japan, 148
Shirabe Seiichi, 95, 99
Shiroyama Elementary School
and accounts of bombing, 47–48, 90
memorial services, 161–62
and modern Nagasaki, 275
and peace education programs, 295
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 141, 142–43, 168–69, 231
and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 131
Showa era, 4–5
Site of the Martyrdom of the Twenty-Six Saints of Japan, 274
6th U.S. Army, 117–18
skin grafts, 155, 156, 248, 287
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 263–69
social isolation of bomb victims, 165–68, 178, 208–9, 229, 233–34, 257
South Pacific bomb testing, 143
sovereignty of Japan, 91, 194
Soviet Union
and Cold War, 197
entry into Pacific War, 65
international treaties regulating nuclear weapons, 249
invasion of Manchuria, 32
and Japanese surrender negotiations, 28, 66
and peace activism, 215
and U.S. justification of bomb use, 152
Spaatz, Carl A., 29
Special Committee on the Investigation of Atomic Bomb Casualties, 195
Starffin, Victor, 9
Stevens, Ted, 268
St. Francis Hospital, 174–75, 175, 242, 243, 253, 271
Stimson, Henry L., 30, 66–67, 151, 152–53, 264, 267
streetcars, 129–30, 168, 253, 296
suicides, 94, 159–61
Sumiyoshi tunnels, 25, 53
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), 109
Supreme Council for the Direction of the War, 34–35, 65–66
surrender negotiations, 26, 29–30, 65–67, 91–95, 109, 144
Sussan, Herbert, 132, 238–39
Suwa Shrine
and accounts of bombing, 46, 54, 60, 67, 70
and air raid shelters, 38
and extent of bomb damage, 143
and Nagasaki’s background, 2
and wartime Nagasaki, 19
Suzuki Kantaro, 35, 65–66, 94
Sweeney, Charles, 32, 38
Tabuchi (bomb victim), 62–63, 70
Tachibana Bay, 114
Tanaka (bomb victim), 56, 82–84
Tanaka Kakuei, 240
Taniguchi Eiko, 217–18, 299
Taniguchi Sumiteru, 33, 216
and accounts of bombing, 32–34, 39, 43, 48, 52–53, 63–64, 68, 78
and author’s background, xi,–xiii
burns suffered by, 126
and care of bomb victims, 121, 124–26
injuries from bombing, 300
and international arms reduction efforts, 283–86
interviews with, xiv–xv
and Japanese surrender, 95
later years of, 283–86, 285, 299–301
and long-term health problems, 153–55
and NASM exhibit controversy, 265
and peace activism, 209, 214–18, 219–21, 223, 225–27, 236, 238, 240, 244, 247–50, 250, 253, 255, 263, 272, 277–78, 285, 287, 289, 295
physical recovery of, 164–65, 167–68
and public awareness efforts, xvii
and rescue efforts after bombing, 81–82
and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 132–33
Target Committee, 28–29
Tateno, Morio, 93
Tibbets, Paul, 247
Time, 12, 264, 266
Togo Shigenori, 29, 35, 65
Tohoku University, 106
Tojo Hideki, 12, 194
Tokyo, Japan, 34–35, 202, 228–29
Tokyo Imperial University, 148
Tokyo University Hospital, 211
Tokyo War Crimes Trials, 194
Tomonaga Masao, 290
tonarigumi, 6, 14, 17, 23, 25
Toyoda Soemu, 35, 65
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 2
trains, 62, 78, 81, 160
Treaty of Peace (1951), 194–95
Trinity test, 29, 113
Truman, Harry S.
and atomic bomb development, 28–30
and establishment of ABCC, 181
and
Japanese surrender, 92
and NASM exhibit controversy, 266
and nuclear weapons development, 152
and Potsdam conference, 66
on use of nuclear weapons, 197
and U.S. justification of bomb use, 264
Tsujimoto Fujio, 162
Tsuno-o Susumu, 31
tuberculosis
and First Urakami Hospital, 76–77, 77, 80
hospitals dedicated to, 38
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 88, 91, 133, 138, 174–75
and POWs, 116
and Wada Koichi’s father, 10
and wartime Nagasaki, 26
Uchida Tsukasa, 120, 134, 240, 241, 253
ultranationalists, 144
Umezu Yoshijiro, 35, 65
United Nations, 237, 238, 251–52, 284–85, 294–95
United States, 140, 246–47, 249, 284
Universal Press Syndicate, 269
Urakami Church
and accounts of bombing, 36, 47, 61, 77
and commemorations of bombing, 194, 201
and extent of bomb damage, 37, 81, 89, 101, 186
Mass for casualties of bombing, 128
and Nagasaki’s background, 4
and NASM exhibit controversy, 265
and peace activism, 237
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 141, 169, 171, 172, 231
ruins, 129
and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 131
and wartime Nagasaki, 9, 15, 20
Urakami Prison, 201, 299
Urakami River
and accounts of bombing, 39, 49, 57, 59, 62, 71
and aerial views of Nagasaki, 90
and commemorations of bombing, 201
and modern Nagasaki, 273–74, 297
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 127, 162
and wartime Nagasaki, 8–9, 19
Urakami Valley
and accounts of bombing, 35–38, 37, 41–42, 45–46, 47–48, 54, 56–57, 61, 63, 65, 67–70, 71, 75–76, 79, 79
and Atomic Field, 123
and civilian defense, 16–19
and commemorations of bombing, 201
and effects of radiation exposure, 114
and extent of bomb damage, 85, 90, 116–17, 118–19
extent of casualties, 157
and modern Nagasaki, 273–75, 276, 297, 299
and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, 288
and peace activism, 241–42, 243, 253
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 87, 100–101, 123, 127, 127–28, 142, 170–71, 198, 206–7, 231
and U.S. occupation of Japan, 120
and U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 131
and wartime Nagasaki, 9, 15–16, 25
U.S. Army Air Forces, 32, 90
B-29s, 28, 32, 38, 62, 67, 92, 247
U.S. Army Medical Corps, 181
U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, 269
U.S. Marine Corps, 124, 278
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 238, 239, 244–45, 288
U.S. News and World Report, 264
U.S. Office of Censorship, 29
USS Augusta, 30
U.S. Senate, 267–68
USS Haven (hospital ship), 116
USS Missouri, 109
USS Rodney M. Davis, 258
USS Sanctuary (hospital ship), 116
USS Ticonderoga, 258
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS)
and antinuclear activists, 238–39, 245, 284
and assessment of bomb damage, 131
and assessment of radiation effects, 112, 131–33
and extent of bomb damage, 77, 90
and Japanese recovery of film footage, 238–39
U.S. War Department, 110–11, 113
Utena, 228–29, 257
Vault of the Unclaimed Remains of Victims, 299
veterans’ organizations, 263–64, 265–69
Wada Hisako, 203–7, 253, 273, 295–96
Wada Koichi
and ABCC research, 193
and accounts of bombing, 39, 43, 55–56, 63
and commemorations of bombing, 200
and effects of radiation exposure, 101–2
interviews with, xiv
and Japanese militarism, 12, 14–16
and Japanese surrender, 95
later years of, 273–74, 277–78, 279, 296
marriage of, 204–7, 205
and modern Nagasaki, 273–74
and peace activism, 237, 252–55, 254, 263, 272, 277–78, 279, 287, 289, 295–96
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 129–30, 139–40, 143
and public awareness efforts, xvii
and rescue efforts after bombing, 82–84
and wartime Nagasaki, 7–10, 8
Wallace, Henry, 67
war crimes, 147, 194
War Relocation Act, 186
Warren, Stafford, 107
Wartime Casualties Care Law, 75–76, 121
Watanabe Chieko, 213, 215, 238, 248
water supplies, 87, 100, 134
“Week Covered with Blood, A” (Akizuki), 173–74
Weller, George, 110–11
Westernization of Japan, 194–95, 245–46
Whittier Daily News, 268
writings about bombings, 162, 169, 173–74, 176, 242–44
Yamada Eiji, 68, 71, 72
Yamada Kan, 244
Yamaguchi Senji
memoir of, 278
and peace activism, 214–15, 219–21, 225–26, 247, 251, 252, 255, 258–59
and radiation illness victims, 102–3
Yamahata Yosuke, 67–69, 71–73, 78, 195–96, 265, 278
Yamashita Akiko, 291
Yamazaki, James, 186–87, 187, 190, 192, 278
Yamazato Elementary School, 128, 141, 142, 168, 231, 275
Yamazato-machi, 101
Yamazato-machi Recollection Committee, 242
Yonai Mitsumasa, 35, 65
Yoshida Katsuji, 36, 180, 233, 234
and accounts of bombing, 35, 37, 39, 42–43, 48–49, 58–60, 62, 68, 70–71
and care of bomb victims, 120–24, 126
and commemorations of bombing, 201, 292–95
death of, 292–95
father’s death, 177–79
injuries from bombing, 85, 155–56, 156, 165–67, 277
interviews with, xiv
and Japanese surrender, 95
later years of, 286–89, 297, 298
and long-term health problems, 232–35
and NASM exhibit controversy, 269
and peace activism, 215, 216, 237, 252, 254–55, 256, 263, 271–72, 286–89
and postwar recovery/reconstruction, 143
and public awareness efforts, xvii
Yoshida Naoji, 235
Yoshida Sachiko, 234, 234–35, 255
Yoshida Tomoji, 235
zaibatsu, 13, 144
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