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“In Hiroshima, thirty days after the first atomic bomb destroyed the city and shook the world, people are still dying, mysteriously and horribly-people who were uninjured in the cataclysm from an unknown something which I can only describe as the atomic plague.”

Quote by Wilfred Burchett

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Wilfred Burchett

Wilfred Burchett, born on September 16, 1911, and died on September 27, 1983, was a renowned war correspondent known for his coverage of major historical events during World War II and the Korean War. more

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