On the morning of Monday, August 6, 1945, when the Enola Gay released the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Atsuhiro Ozaki was working at a local radio station less than 1,000 yards from the detonation point. The Song of Hiroshima is Mr. Ozaki’s first-person account of what he experienced and witnessed on that day and in the days that followed, along with his reflections written four years later.

Mr. Ozaki wrote his account in English, intending to share his story with the American people. However, his notebook remained undiscovered in a Port Washington, New York, attic for more than half a century. The publication of this book—featuring a preface by Noel Capon—fulfills Atsuhiro Ozaki’s long-held wish to share his harrowing and deeply moving account with the world.

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