Project Two - Research Plan and Introduction.docx - Those...

Those who have read about American history are acquainted with the Japanese army
attacking the US naval base located at Pearl Harbor on December 7
th
, 1941. The Americans were
attacked fully unaware, without any warning by Japan. This resulted in the loss of lives of 2,402
Americans and left around 1282 people injured. The United States’ response to this attack
happened on August 6
th
, 1945 when, without warning, the United States Air Force dropped the
first atomic bomb in history on Hiroshima, a Japanese city. The bombing took place towards the
end of World War II, and was the first of two atomic bomb attacks on Japan that lead the
Japanese surrender and the eventual end of World War II.
Although there were many lasting effects citizens suffered from by the dropping of the
atomic bomb in Hiroshima and its subsequent fallout, scientists have taken the information
learned and applied it to nuclear medicine.
A primary source used that was extremely helpful for research purposes is entitled “The
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” within the Historical Documents and Reports
link. Chapter 18 focuses on the characteristics to the injuries to the people within these two cities
bombed. These injuries include things such as flash burns, either from the radiation from the heat
or from fires started by the explosions. There were also mechanical injuries from the collapse of