| Scope and content |
First person account "Masako Never Die" of atomic blast at Nagasaki, Japan (August 9, 1945), as translated by Hiroaki Otwa. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Masako Ishida Memoir (#718), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Ms. Margueritte Williams, Fredericksburg. |
| Biographical note | Masako Ishida (b. 1931) was working as a student-laborer at the Mitsubishi Arms factory in Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, when the atomic bomb was dropped. She survived the blast and subsequent radiation sickness. After the Second World War she entered Ngasaki Woman's College to study English Literature. |
