A RESPONSE TO TESTIMONY OF YOSHITAKA KAWAMOTO

PRESENTATION CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES

IN MOTOR, STEEL, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY SECTORS

LIKE THE HIROSHIMA CASTLE

INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIFESTYLE

THAT SUPPORTS

FULL OF RICH HISTORY AND TRADITION

THAT NOT EVEN AN ATOMIC BOMB

DEVASTATED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS

THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET.

"WITHOUT A SINGLE TOMBSTONE STANDING" -JAPANESE NEWS REPORT

OF OVER 150,000 PEOPLE.

THERE WERE FEW SURVIVORS:

THROUGH THE LENSE OF

WAS 13 WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB HIT

WHEN HE SAW HIS FRIEND POINT AT THE B-29

WERE SINGING THEIR SCHOOL SONG

THAT SOMEONE WOULD HEAR

SLOWLY THE VOICES STARTED DISSAPATING.

WAS BADLY INJURED BUT COULD ESCAPE.

TO FIND SOMEONE HE COULD HELP.

HIS CLASSMATE LAYING ON THE FLOOR AND HELD HIM UP.

AND ONLY HAD ONE EYE LEFT.

AND TOLD YOSHITAKA TO DELIVER HIS NOTEBOOK TO HIS MOTHER.

THE WORDS STILL REMAIN IN YOSHITAKA'S DREAMS. "MOTHER, MOTHER."

MADE HIS WAY OUT OF THE BUILDING

WERE GRABBING HIS ANKLES AS HE TRIED TO ESCAPE.

HE KICKED THE HOPEFUL HANDS OUT OF HIS PATH TO SURVIVAL.

WHERE HE PUSHED BODIES ASIDE TO DRINK,

HE FOUND OUT HE WAS PUT INTO A TRUCK

WAS PLACED ON THE TOP OF THE PILE WHEN...

ONE OF THE WORKERS

FROM THE REST

WAS ONE LUCKY BOY.

HIS HEALTH IN ONE YEAR

HIS STORY WITH OTHERS.

WANTS HIS STORY TO BE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

"THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY." - KAWAMOTO

AGAINST THE OVERPRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR BOMBS

DISCOURAGE UNNECESSARY TESTING OF NUCLEAR BOMBS

IS LIVING HIS LIFE TO CREATE HUMAN TRANQUILITY