Nightly News   |  August 06, 2012

Truman’s grandson marks Hiroshima anniversary

Clifton Truman Daniel, an anti-nuclear weapons activist, met with survivors and attended a memorial service for the Hiroshima victims to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> harry truman 's grandson was on hand today in hiroshima, japan as they marked the 67th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb . it was his grandfather, president truman , of course, who ordered the bomb dropped there and in nagasaki the last time nuclear weapons were unleashed on the world. clifton truman daniels said it was important to witness the consequences of the bomb.