Ex-Australian POW to apply for A-bomb certificate

Ex-Australian POW to apply for A-bomb certificate

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hiroko Sakaguchi, a member of a group supporting atomic-bomb survivors abroad, holds a photograph taken when she met with Allan Chick (center in the photo), 93, a former Australian prisoner of war, during a press conference at the Nagasaki city offices on April 24, 2013. Chick, who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, will apply for a special health-care certificate for victims of the attack that will entitle him to medical allowances, according to the support group.

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