Nagasaki A-bomb victim to accompany exhibit here

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bomb22.html

Katsuji Yoshida remembers feeling ''like a fish being fried.''

As a teenager, Yoshida was a student at a Nagasaki, Japan, school when, on Aug. 9, 1945, America dropped an atomic bomb on his city. He recalled in an essay how "the skin on my arms peeled off and was hanging down like a torn shirt from my finger tips.''

Yoshida will be in Chicago next month to help kick off what is reportedly the first Japanese government-sponsored exhibit focusing on atomic bombings to come to the United States.

The exhibit, which features 41 photos and 23 objects -- including charred clothing and a melted Christian cross -- will open May 6 at Chicago's Peace Museum, located in the Garfield Park Gold Dome Building.

Japanese officials made the announcement this week in Nagasaki, where an atomic bomb killed 40,000 and injured another 40,000. A separate bombing of Hiroshima claimed an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 lives.

[leftchick]

1. this is one terrrible story

that must never be for gotten. :(

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2. A song I learned at age 9.

I come and stand at every door.
But none can hear my silent tread.
I come and yet remain unseen,
For I am dead, for I am dead.

My hair was scorched by swirling flame.
My eyes grew dim, my eyes grew blind.
Death came and took my life away.
When children die, they cannot play.

I'm only seven tho' I died.
In Hiroshima, long time ago.
I'm seven now, as I was then
When children die, they don't grow again.