Oka, 1st to report Hiroshima A-bomb, dies at 86

Oka, 1st to report Hiroshima A-bomb, dies at 86

Yoshie Oka, shown in this photo taken in Hiroshima on June 30, 2015, who is believed to have given the first report of the atomic bombing of the western Japanese city in World War II, died of malignant lymphoma on May 19, 2017, aged 86. Oka was 14 years old and working at a command center of the Imperial Japanese Army in the city when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people by the end of that year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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