2 Dutch ex-POWs set to apply for Japan's A-bomb recognition

2 Dutch ex-POWs set to apply for Japan's A-bomb recognition

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ronald Scholte who now resides in the Netherlands speaks about his exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 in recent interviews with Kyodo News. Scholte is one of two Dutch men who were in a prison camp in Nagasaki during World War II and survived the atomic bombing. The two are preparing to apply for Japanese government recognition as suffering from radiation-related illness to receive medical benefits.

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