One Thousand Cranes - The Children Of Hiroshima

Tells about the ancient Japanese belief that the folding of a thousand paper cranes will protect one from illness. Links that belief to the heritage of the children of Hiroshima who continue to fold paper cranes in a futile effort to ward off the unpredictable after-effects of exposure to radiation. Presents case histories of children and adults who survived the atomic blast.

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