The Hiroshima Peace Memorial

A military contractor discusses his experience visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
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"As an American going to Hiroshima and seeing the monuments and things like that, I just felt—I really felt kind of guilty [laughing]. I mean, just because I'm being an American there. But at the same time, you see a lot of Japanese coming here to Pearl Harbor. I try to treat it very reverently, try to take it all in and try to understand what led our countries to get to that point. And hopefully we can avoid any of those problems and issues that could possibly lead us there again. That's what I got out of it."

A military contractor discusses his experience visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.