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Date: 5/6/2025
Subject: Penn's Village Presents: "American ‘Hibakusha’ - Through An Atomic Veteran's Eyes"
From: Penn's Village

"American ‘Hibakusha’ - Reliving Nevada and Hiroshima and Nagasaki through an Atomic Veteran’s eyes”

Thursday, May 22, 2025

MacColl Room at 2:00pm

First Presbyterian Church

201 S. 21st St.

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May is Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month, a time when the US formally recognizes the role that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) have played in our culture and history. You can read more here: https://asianpacificheritage.gov/

As part of this theme, this program will feature a talk by a local author, John McCabe. He has recently published a novel, Reiko and the Visitor, about an American soldier who suffered serious repercussions from exposure to the radiation from US atomic bomb testing in Nevada during the 1960s. The narrative highlights the soldier’s experiences and interactions with Japanese bomb survivors, known as “Hibakusha,” from World War II. This event will commemorate Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H- Bomb Sufferers Organizations, which were awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize in November. This program is open to all, but if audience members are able to read the book in advance (available on Amazon), it will greatly enhance the discussion.

John A McCabe, a lifelong writer in all genres, is an active member of the Writers Guild at the Pearl S. Buck Writing Center. His novel, Reiko and the Visitor (previously titled The Girl In Japan - A Young Soldier’s Story), centers on his studies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined with his own experiences. John has also authored several short story collections. Tracks Through Our Lives - Stories Told on Philly EL Trains (first published in 2019 by The Pearl S. Buck Writing Center Press for international distribution). John was published by the National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2010 as a University of Pennsylvania Chapter participant with The Wedding Guests. His works appear in PSB Literary Journals. He has also published poetry.

LOCATION

This program will be held in the MacColl Room of the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 201 South 21st Street, on the southeast corner of Walnut. The entrance is on the side of the building off of 21st Street. There is an accessible entrance behind the building off of Chancellor St.

RSVP

Please register online here:“American ‘Hibakusha’: Reliving Nevada, Hiroshima, & Nagasaki through an Atomic Veteran’s Eyes (IP) - 5/22/2025

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If you cannot, you may email info@pennsvillage.org or call 215-925-7333. If you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation to make room for others.

This program is free of charge to our members and volunteer partners. Non-member guests are welcome to attend up to three programs before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village, or pay $10 per additional program.

Group photos may be taken during this event.

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