Witness at Nagasaki
The Story
Canadian prisoner of war Jack Ford describes seeing the second bomb fall on Nagasaki.
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: Aug. 5, 1985
Guest: Jack Ford
Reporter: Dan Bjarnason
Duration: 2:40
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