70th anniversary of Lucky Dragon tragedy

70th anniversary of Lucky Dragon tragedy

Photo shows the tuna fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5, also known as the Lucky Dragon, at an exhibition hall in Tokyo on Feb. 29, 2024, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of its crew tragically being exposed to radiation in a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The crew suffered acute radiation sickness, and the chief radio operator died six months later at age 40.

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