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On August 6, , when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Furuta family was living one mile away from the hypocenter. Five year old.
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Then one day all of that changed. I was in Hiroshima on that fateful day, August 6, , when the atomic bomb was dropped. This day was the most important day in my life. It represented my saddest, most heart-broken day. At the same time, it also represented a miracle. I was only l3 years old. On Sunday, August 5, my family went to the outskirts of Hiroshima for a picnic. I had a wonderful day, playing and swimming with my cousins and family.

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The next day, Monday morning, a fatal day, I was so tired and exhausted I just simply could not get out of bed to go to school. Even my childhood friend, Tae-chan, came by to my bedroom and asked me to go to school with her. It was so strange; my body felt so tired and heavy that I simply could not get up. That day I stayed home.

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This marked the first day of absence in my entire school life. My poor Tae-chan went to school without me. One hour later, at in the morning, the atomic bomb was dropped in the center of Hiroshima City ,where my school was located. On that day, the majority of students who went to school never returned home. Their innocent and precious lives were taken away from them unfairly and abruptly.

Those few who were able to survive, albeit momentarily, soon succumbed to the devastating effects of radiation. I lost all my classmates who went to the school that fateful day. My dear friend Tae-chan was one of the few who survived, but was barely able to make it home.

Her whole body was badly burned and her eyes were swollen shut. She collapsed in front of her house gate. Despite heroic efforts to save her life, she passed away one hour later in the arms of her loving parents. The memory of her stopping by my house that morning is forever burned in my memory. Imagine, she was worried about my health that morning, and now she was dead. I was devastated. The bomb took her life away without reason. As a matter of one-hour difference, Tae-chan and I were separated from each other by death and life.

She was only 12 years old. Tae-chan was my best friend. I was a "city girl" at heart, but Tae-chan loved nature. She taught me how to climb mountains, gather firewood, collect edible wild plants, catch fireflies, i. We enjoyed being outside together, acquiring a sense of tranquility and harmony in life. My childhood was filled with happiness and joy, in part due to Tae-chan's friendship.

Tae-chan is one of my dearest friends whom I will not and cannot forget. Another one of my dearest friends and classmates, Masako-san, was also killed by the atomic bomb. A few weeks after her death, her mother came to visit me and shared the last moments of her life. Similar to Tae-chan, Masako-san was also badly burned and barely able to return home, where her mother was anxiously waiting.

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Although she was severely injured, her mind was clear. She was able to ask her mother if I was okay, because she did not see me at school that day. Just a few days before the bomb was dropped, I had stopped by her house to give her two summer peaches. Because of the war, such delicacies were rare and I still remember Masako-san's face, grinning ear to ear, as if I had given her two precious jewels. On her deathbed, she asked her mother for the peaches I had given her. She took one bite of the peach and said, "Ah, oishii" delicious. It was her last word.

To this day, I have kept Tae-chan's and Masako-san's friendships close to my heart. As a survivor of such senseless destruction, I have felt a strong responsibility to make sure my friends did not die in vain. These experiences have influenced me to look forward in a positive light, giving me strength and determination to achieve my resolve.


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Since then, I have dedicated and committed my life towards world peace. I have spoken on many occasions in both the United States and Asia on the topic of "Hiroshima and Peace". I have shared my experiences about the atomic bomb and war. Every time I tell my story, I have not been able to control my emotions or tears. It was a time of great tragedy in our history. Overnight Hiroshima city was transformed from a beautiful city to a dark, empty, lonely graveyard. Beloved friends and family members were lost, many of them innocent children, women and elderly.

It was a heart-breaking experience for a thirteen-year-old girl. I still miss my friends Tae-chan and Masako-san dearly. I become sad when I think about how their precious lives were taken away from them without any mercy. I think of them often and my heart aches bitterly for them. I promise your deaths will not be in vain.

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Today, Hiroshima city has transformed from a symbol of war tragedy into a proud symbol of hope and world peace. Looking back at my life, I see a long journey leading to where I am today. After my experiences of the war, I went though a long period of soul searching for the truth. My mission school Jogakuin and family education provided me with an answer to my search: God has a special mission for my life.

It was not a mere coincidence that I was absent from school the day the atomic bomb fell.

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I was alive because I had a special purpose in life. My strong desire was to become a social worker and peace worker. I wanted to help the less fortunate and to spread the word of peace. Early on the morning of July 16, , the Manhattan Project held its first successful test of an atomic device—a plutonium bomb—at the Trinity test site at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

By the time of the Trinity test, the Allied powers had already defeated Germany in Europe.


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    • Japan, however, vowed to fight to the bitter end in the Pacific, despite clear indications as early as that they had little chance of winning. In fact, between mid-April when President Harry Truman took office and mid-July, Japanese forces inflicted Allied casualties totaling nearly half those suffered in three full years of war in the Pacific, proving that Japan had become even more deadly when faced with defeat.

    In order to avoid such a high casualty rate, Truman decided—over the moral reservations of Secretary of War Henry Stimson, General Dwight Eisenhower and a number of the Manhattan Project scientists—to use the atomic bomb in the hopes of bringing the war to a quick end. Hiroshima, a manufacturing center of some , people located about miles from Tokyo, was selected as the first target.


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