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'If we lose, we'll be tried as war criminals.' America's controversial path to the atomic bomb
At the outset of the Second World War President Franklin D. Roosevelt implored the belligerents to avoid civilian casualties ...
Atomic bombings' 80th anniversary a quiet one for embattled Smithsonian
In the absence of special events, the plane that bombed Hiroshima will quietly remain on display at the National Air & Space ...
8 decades after atomic bombing in Hiroshima, search for missing continues on nearby island
When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural ...
Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff discusses his new book about the atomic bomb
Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.
Korean A-bomb survivors in Japan hold 1st memorial in Hiroshima
An association for Korean atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima held its first-ever memorial ceremony on Saturday to honor ...
80 years ago, the first atomic bomb was dropped; Oak Ridge to remember with dawn ceremony
A dawn ceremony is planned for Aug. 6, as Oak Ridge remembers the dropping of the first atomic bomb in 1945.