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A look back at the military film crew that documented the atomic attacks on Japan and a chat with innovative guitarist Julian Lage

By Doug Doyle
Published August 12, 2023 at 12:04 PM EDT
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Herbert Sussan directed a military film crew in Japan in early 1946. He’s seen here not long before his death in 1985.
Courtesy of Leslie Sussan
Herbert Sussan directed a military film crew in Japan in early 1946. He’s seen here not long before his death in 1985.

On the August 12 edition of the WBGO Journal...

This week marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. WBGO's Jon Kalish reports an American military film crew documented the devastation several months later. It was an experience that had a profound effect on the New York soldier who directed the crew and his daughter who was born after the war.

There’s a new exhibition on display at Hunter College in New York City…that focuses on migration though contemporary Puerto Rican Art…..

WBGO's Lee Mergner chats with innovative guitarist Julian Lage

and host Doug Doyle speaks with Janis Burley Wilson about the 13th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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