SHUNTARO HIDA


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Shuntaro Hida

The soldiers were trained to strap explosives onto their bodies and throw themselves under the American tanks that were expected in the invasion of Japan. We were a military hospital and were required to so train medical orderlies.
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In addition to the Kamakazi, in preparation of an American invasion of Japan. This is the earliest reference we have found to suicide bombers. It also illustrates but one of the difficulties that would face the allies in an invasion had Japan not surrendered after the nuclear bombing.

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  • Born: January 1, 1917
  • Died: March 20, 2017
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  • Profession: Physician, Doctor
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Shuntaro Hida was a Japanese physician who was an eyewitness when the Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay on 6 August 1945. He treated survivors as a medical doctor and wrote about the effects of radiation on the human body.