Introduction Setsuko's Message Section One TheBefore Time Growing up in Hiroshima, my familywas descended from the line of samurai OurLife in Wartime As a 13-year-old schoolgirl Ireceived special training in decoding messages AVisit to Hiroshima A brief history of the city of Hiroshimawith a visit to the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park TheWorld Goes to War 1939-1945 Adolf Hitler and the Nazis bring onWorld War II Japanin World War II Japan allies itself with Germany asa military global power Japanat War Timeline Key dates of events in Japan'smilitary history Section Two TheLiving and the Dead I look back at the impact of the bomb,and what it was like being trapped under rubble TheNext Days Reunited with my parents who also survived,together we dealt with the devastating effects of the bomb Aftermath In the weeks and months thatfollowed the bombing, I witnessed many people becoming sick and dying LifeUnder Occupation The rationale for the Americans decidingto drop the atomic bomb. American and British occupying forces bring much needed changes to Japan, but evidence of the destructive impact of the atomicbomb is hidden LittleBoy and Fat Man The power and magnitude of the bombsdropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Section Three The Silence Lifts My move to the United States to study, my vow to never be silent, and my growing involvement with the peace movement TheAtomic Age is Born The public's fascination with the power ofthe atomic bomb from comic books to further nuclear testing Section Four Ban the Bomb! A world movement to ban nuclear weapons begins in 1958 My Fight for Peace I was determined that the world would know about the horrors of the atomic bomb so that calamity would never happen again A Call to Action You too can get involved! Sources Acknowledgements Credits.