Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews May Yamaoka, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945
May Yamaoka, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, says that she was born in Lodi, California, went to Japan to attend school and was called an 'enemy' by her classmates after the war began. She also talks of finding her sister in a pile of corpses after the bombing and about returning to the U.S. after the war and being interviewed by American newspapers soon after her arrival. She vividly recalls the day of the bombing and says that she now prefers to live alone.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2009-04-01
- Interviewees
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Yamaoka, May, 1929-
- Interviewers
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Takeda, Shinpei
- Subjects
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Yamaoka, May, 1929-
Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
Atomic bomb victims
Families
Japanese
Japan--Hiroshima-shi
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
Japanese
- Extent
- 01:42:09
- Venue Note
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Recorded by Shinpei Takeda, Apr. 1, 2009.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 17607
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b9863606
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