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Did the pilot of enola gay survive2/9/2024 The bombings on August 6 and August 9, 1945, are estimated to have killed as many as 226,000 people while completely destroying both cities. “It can tell the younger generation the horrifying history of the atomic bombings even after I die.” “My double radiation exposure is now an official government record,” Yamaguchi said. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was less than two miles from the blast zones of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and miraculously survived both without debilitating injuries. But there has only ever been one person recognized as a nijyuu hibakusha, or “twice-bombed person.” About 650,000 people have been recognized by the Japanese government as hibakusha, referring to people who have been directly affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
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