80th Anniversary Event: Documentary Screening - Paper Lanterns

Join us for a screening of the documentary Paper Lanterns, directed by Barry Frechette and Max Esposito, which tells the inspiring story of Shigeaki Mori, a hibakusha (A-bomb survivor) who dedicated his life to uncovering the fates of American prisoners of war lost in the Hiroshima bombing.

On August 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, it claimed an estimated 140,000 lives. Among them were 12 American POWs, held at the Hiroshima Military Police Headquarters since their captur