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Yamaguchi Tsutomu survived both Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the first blast, he returned to Nagasaki and went to work. His boss scolded him — "a single bomb can't destroy a city" — and at that exact moment, the second atomic bomb detonated.
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  • Nagasaki
  • Atomic bomb
  • World War II
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