The PoWs who survived Nagasaki
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What Did This Event Mean to the Japanese in the Short Term
There was an immediate sense of relief and then uncertainty because after a few hours more Japanese troops arrived mysteriously with some rice. They were sent to another camp on the edge of Nagasaki so away probably from radioactive the radioactive materials but further away several miles out out of Nagasaki. The men just wept tears when they saw rolls they couldn't believe it but it was quite dangerous Ron Bra the Yorkshireman was nearly killed by a pallet of American chewing gum. He said I don't think it was written that I would escape the atomic weapon only to be killed by apallet of chewing gum.
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