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He spent three and a half years being treated at various hospitals …He said at one point he contemplated suicide because of the ongoing pain and struggles that he had.So it is crucial that we learn from the events that took place 79 years ago … and embrace the shared responsibility to try to create a world that is free of atomic weapons altogether.

Showing a diagram of the estimated damage that would be caused by a five-megaton bomb dropped on Downtown Los Angeles.that carried that trauma for the rest of their lives.It is now our responsibility to share their stories and carry on their hope for peace.

000 nuclear weapons scattered throughout the world and other countries.He recalled that just before the blast.

They have witnessed first-hand the evil that nuclear weapons can unleash upon the world …Participants made a water offering to the victims.

ASA Interim Co-president Howard Kakita was 7? years old when he survived the Hiroshima bombing.later expanding to include unemployment insurance.

We are also encouraging our members to contact their members of Congress and tell them that Social Security must be protected.and cuts to life-saving earned benefits for the rest of us.

established a federally administered social insurance system for the aged.I have paid into Social Security my entire working life with the promise that it would be there when I needed it.