Reverend kiyoshi tanimoto biography
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Identifier: Manuscript Collection No. 075
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An alumnus clasp the Candler School lay into Theology mix with Emory Academia, Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimot
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Hiroshima Survivor Kiyoshi Tanimoto and the Co-Pilot of the Enola Gay Met on an American TV Show
Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto was one of the lucky ones to survive the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States on August 6, 1945. Following the Second World War, he dedicated his life to speaking about what he experienced, using his profile to raise money for a peace center in the Japanese city and for the Hiroshima Maidens, women who’d suffered injuries as a result of the unprecedented attack.
In 1955, Tanimoto came face-to-face with Capt. Robert A. Lewis, the co-pilot of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay – the bomber that dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only put an end to the Second World War, they signaled the beginning of the nuclear age. Developed through the work conducted as part of the Manhattan Project, under theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the explosives produced an insurmountable death toll and caused widespread devastation.
On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets, dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy over Hiroshima, destroying five square miles and causing an estimated 135,000 casualties, according to th
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Kiyoshi Tanimoto
Japanese Methodist minister
Kiyoshi Tanimoto (谷本 清, Tanimoto Kiyoshi, June 27, 1909 – September 28, 1986) was a Japanese Methodist minister famous for his humanitarian work for the Hiroshima Maidens. Tanimoto was a U.S educated Methodist minister and moved to Hiroshima with his wife during the midst of World War II. He survived the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and was one of the six Hiroshima survivors whose experiences of the bomb and later life are portrayed in John Hersey's book Hiroshima.[1]
Biography
[edit]Kiyoshi Tanimoto was born on June 27, 1909 in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture on June 27, 1909, and was the youngest of eight children. Kiyoshi was raised Buddhist, but was introduced to Christianity by Bertha Starkey during a visit to Korea. Following his visit, his mother suddenly died, solidifying his decision to convert to Christianity. His father was greatly upset by the move, and removed him from the family register, refusing to talk to him. Tanimoto studied Christianity at the Kwansei Gakuin University before being awarded a scholarship to attend the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He was briefly able to talk to his father before moving to Atlanta in 1937 and becoming an ordaine