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Radio Report to the Nation on the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

  • 8/9/1945

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Description

This sound recording captures a speech in which President Harry S. Truman described the results of the Potsdam Conference and announced the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

You can also listen to this recording in our main National Archives online catalog.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection NBC: National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Collection.

National Archives Identifier: 1783706

Full Citation: Radio Report to the Nation on the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb; 8/9/1945; Sound Recordings of Broadcasts, 1927 – 1962; Collection NBC: National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Collection,; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/dropping-atomic-bomb/, April 2, 2026]

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