Japanese survivor of 1954 nuclear test

Japanese survivor of 1954 nuclear test

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Matashichi Oishi (C), a former Japanese fisherman who survived a nuclear bomb test by the United States in 1954 in the South Pacific country of Marshall Islands, meets with students of a local school in the capital Majuro on Feb. 27, 2014.

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