Peace memorial park. But this year, it has been significant significantly scaled down because of the coronavirus problem. So there were only about fewer than 1000 people attended, which is about one tenth of the usual attendants. I understand the mayor of hiroshima spoke, what did we hear from the mayor . She said that despite the coronavirus scare, he called for more leaders to sort of cooperate together more than ever. And also he called more leaders to visit hiroshima, to see firsthand the reality of the atomic bombing. So that they will be to abandon Nuclear Weapons. He noted that and asked for the japanese government to do more for me to take leadership in playing the bridge between Nuclear States and the non Nuclear States so that they will work harder toward Nuclear Weapons ban. Mari yamaguchi, youve been reporting this week on the survivors, the victims of hiroshima. How they have been stigmatized over the years in japan and here, this urgency to bear witness gross for last hir
Cspan is at the National World War Ii Museum that opened in 2000. Today, we will be visiting the road to tokyo exhibit that does the American Experience in the pacific theater. Lockout, everyone, to the National World War Ii Museum in downtown new orleans. We have several different permanent exhibits. We are at the road to tokyo exhibit that will take us through the war in the pacific and asia from 1941 to 1945. We designed this exhibit is every creation of the bridge of the uss enterprise, the world war ii Aircraft Carrier in the u. S. Navy. As you enter the exhibit, you enter the ship and get yourself oriented to the war in the pacific. We try to introduce our visitors to the players. You have here we go you have hirohito who started this. And we have the leader of the nationalist chinese. As we advance through the bridge of the uss enterprise, this is where the command elements will be. The will go to the next gallery and get a better look at what life was like for the crewmen aboar