[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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Other Authors: Yamaoka, May, 1929- (Interviewee)
Takeda, Shinpei (Interviewer)
Language:English
Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with Japanese.
Published: [2009]
Series:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Subjects:
Yamaoka, May, > 1929- > Interviews.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > Interviews.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives.
Yamaoka, May, > 1929- > Family.
Japanese > United States.
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., 42 min., 9 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
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.
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 17607
Playing Time:01:42:09
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Recorded by Shinpei Takeda, Apr. 1, 2009.