Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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C-SPAN's American History TV sat down with Harry Truman's grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, to discuss his trip to Hiroshima. He arrived in Hiroshima in August 2012 as the city prepared to mark the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing. He described his meetings with atomic bomb survivors, the Mayor of Hiroshima, and local journalists and also shared video from his trip, recorded by his son for this C-SPAN program.

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