American Soldiers Faced Radiation Dangers in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Seventy-eight years ago this week,  the first American troops landed at Yokohama, near Tokyo, with fifteen thousand pouring in within a few days, under the direction of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Also arriving were forward elements of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, which had … Continue reading "American Soldiers Faced Radiation Dangers in Hiroshima and Nagasaki"
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