U.S. scholar of A-bomb survivors cherishes lifelong ties with Japan

U.S. scholar of A-bomb survivors cherishes lifelong ties with Japan

William Schull, a 94-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Texas, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Nagoya on Nov. 4, 2016. Schull served as a military medic during World War II and later spent decades studying the health effects of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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