WWII doc explores ‘Atomic Echoes’ for US veterans, Japanese survivors

WWII doc explores ‘Atomic Echoes’ for US veterans, Japanese survivors

Michas Ohnstad and Archie Moczygemba were 19 and 18 years old, respectively, when they first stepped foot on Japanese soil. For both of them, it looked like the world was on fire. And it was. They were just two of the 67,000 American soldiers and Marines to witness the aftermath of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, there are fewer than a handful of “atomic veterans” still living, and the memories of the subsequent historic an…