[Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor Sue Carpenter and her husband Lonnie Carpenter].

Sue Carpenter, speaking both in Japanese and English, says that she was bringing something to her sister, who worked in the Mitsubishi factory, when the atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki. She says that she was literally "blown up" and buried in the debris, yet somehow survived. She talks about exp...

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Other Authors: Carpenter, Sue, 1934- (Interviewee), Carpenter, Lonnie (Interviewee), Takeda, Shinpei (Interviewer)
Language:English
Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Japanese.
Published: [2005]
Series:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Subjects:
Carpenter, Sue, > 1934- > Interviews.
Carpenter, Lonnie > Interviews.
Carpenter, Sue, > 1934- > Marriage.
Carpenter, Lonnie > Marriage.
Carpenter, Sue, > 1934- > Health.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Nagasaki-shi > Interviews.
Atomic bomb victims > Social conditions.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (1 hr., 40 min., 19 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Sue Carpenter, speaking both in Japanese and English, says that she was bringing something to her sister, who worked in the Mitsubishi factory, when the atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki. She says that she was literally "blown up" and buried in the debris, yet somehow survived. She talks about experiencing discrimination over the years because of the injuries and radiation-related diseases she still suffers. Carpenter also talks about marrying United States Navy serviceman Lonnie Carpenter and coming with him to the U.S. Her husband Lonnie Carpenter talks about living with his wife's symptoms throughout their entire marriage.
Note:Title supplied.
Recorded as source material for the documentary film "Hiroshima Nagasaki download", a collection of stories from survivors of the atomic bombings and their families, directed by Shinpei Takeda.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 17581
Playing Time:01:40:19
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Recorded by Shinpei Takeda, Apr. 27, 2005.