Two women, whose families fought on opposite sides of World War II, travel together from the United States to Japan to tell the stories of the people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...
Opinion - Meet the last surviving US atomic veterans: Only public broadcasting can tell such stories
Michas Ohnstad was one of the first Americans to enter Hiroshima in September 1945, just weeks after the dropping of the atomic bomb. Fresh out of high school in rural Minnesota, the World War II ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michas Ohnstad and Archie Moczygemba were 19 and 18 years old, respectively, when they first stepped foot on Japanese soil. For ...
COLUMBIA — Larry Pressley, who will turn 99 in September, is a man of habit. He eats the same thing around the same time for breakfast each morning — a bagel and an egg. That’s followed by a half-mile ...
Legislation introduced to expand benefits for atomic veterans on 80th anniversary of first bomb test
As the world marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated in the New Mexico desert, a Nevada congresswoman introduced new legislation Wednesday intended to streamline benefits for those ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A Midlands World War II marine veteran was presented with a service medal at a surprise ceremony Wednesday. Larry Pressley is one of the first World War II “atomic veterans” and ...
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