Imprisoned at Ground Zero: American POWs in Hiroshima
By Kenny Kemp
7/11/2017 • World War II Magazine
Second Lieutenant Thomas C. Cartwright sat on the concrete floor of his solitary cell, wrapped in a threadbare blanket and racked with chills from diarrhea. A single bulb hung from the ceiling, illuminating an otherwise dark, windowless cell with wooden bars. For three days, a pair of Japanese secret policemen—kempeitai—had interrogated the B-24 pilot. They always began with a friendly tone, but their questioning gradually intensified and ended with threats of punishment for “lying.” But the fourth day was different—the kempeitai kept asking about a new, powerful bomb. Cartwright could only shake his head.
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