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Witness account of Hiroshima bombing sent to Manhattan Project head

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows copies of an eyewitness account written by the Rev. John A. Siemes (1907-1983), a German priest of the Society of Jesus, of the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Time magazine that carried the account. A recently discovered document shows that the priest's account was sent in autumn of 1945 to U.S. Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project.

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Witness account of Hiroshima bombing sent to Manhattan Project h

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows copies of an eyewitness account written by the Rev. John A. Siemes (1907-1983), a German priest of the Society of Jesus, of the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Time magazine that carried the account. A recently discovered document shows that the priest's account was sent in autumn of 1945 to U.S. Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project. (Kyodo)

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Witness account of Hiroshima bombing sent to Manhattan Project h

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the Rev. John A. Siemes (1907-1983), a German priest of the Society of Jesus, who survived the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and helped to rescue other victims. An eyewitness account of the bombing he wrote was sent in autumn that year to U.S. Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project, a document recently discovered shows. The photo was provided by the Society of Jesus (Kyodo)