Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

PBS doc 'Atomic People' features survivors who talk about what it was like in, Japan, when the atomic bombs dropped.

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On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan to force the unconditional surrender that ended World War II.

On Aug. 6, 1945, the first of two atomic bombs was dropped on Japan, in the city of Hiroshima. The 8,900-pound bomb, named "Little Boy," was dropped by The Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress plane.