Shuntaro Hida
Biography
Shuntaro Hida was a Japanese physician who studied medicine under the Imperial Japanese Army and graduated in 1944. He served as a medical officer at Hiroshima Military Hospital when the Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, witnessing its devastating effects firsthand. After being struck by radiation during the blast, Hida borrowed a bicycle to reach his hospital and treated survivors who were injured from the attack.