Four thousand children of Japanese US immigrants were caught in the Hiroshima bombing, having been sent back to Japan to be educated. This book commemorates the 3000 who were killed, and documents the plight of the 1000 survivors who returned to the West Coast of the United States after the war.

S. government, both of which have refused to alleviate the medical and political problems of the survivors. Drawing on primary sources and rich interview data, Rinjiro Sodei has contributed an original scholarly work to the literature on World War II and the Asian-American experience. This book bears witness to the human calamities of the nuclear age and to the dignity of these Japanese Americans striving to obtain their rights and sustain their bicultural identity. }

Introduction
From Hiroshima, Back to Hiroshima
Deathand Lifein the Desert
HiroshimaThe Target City
Heading toward the Ruined City
Nisei Coming, Nisei Going Home
Strangers in Their Own Homeland
Pieces of the Jigsaw Puzzle
The Death of the Presidents Patient
The Hibakusha Begin to Organize
Hibakusha Discovered
These People Were Our Enemies
In Search of Hibakusha
The Many Shades of the Hibakusha Experience
Ups and Downs
A Medical Team Comes and Goes
Washington Comes to Los Angeles
We Are All Hibakusha
Epilogue: Fifty Years after the Bomb