A news program titled "Hiroshima to Bikini" recounting the story of atomic bomb reporting by Bill Henry. It starts by recalling how the bomb in Hiroshima was announced to the press. Later Henry sends the story to journalist Webley Edwards on the USS Appalachian at Bikini Atoll. Recording abruptly stops.
This is number 16 in a series of tapes (SR99-29 to SR99-43) made at the Harry S. Truman Library in preparation for the book "Mr. Citizen." William Hillman and David Noyes interview former President Harry S. Truman on various topics. There is a good discussion of General George C. Marshall to start this tape. They go on to talk about the Atomic Bomb, war, and world peace. Mr. Truman gives his plan for income tax. The volume on this tape is very low. Transcript available in Research Room.
This is number 13 of a series of tapes made at the Harry S. Truman Library in preparation for the book "Mr. Citizen." William Hillman and David Noyes interview former President Harry S. Truman on various topics. Mr. Truman comments on the development of the atomic bomb and surrounding events at the Potsdam Conference; former presidents of the U.S. (Lincoln, Madison, Monroe, Theodore Roosevelt) and the burdens of children and descendants of the president; the type of education and moral code that will prepare the young people of the U.S. for the future. Mr.
Nagasaki's Mitsubishi Torpedo Plant, said to be the world's largest, following the atomic bomb explosion. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U.S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.