In 1945, my father’s cousin, James Ryan, Army Air Corps., was shot down while over Japan on board the Lonesome Lady.

He lived and was taken to Chugoku Military Police Headquarters in Hiroshima. There were 12 fliers in all. All 12 POWs were killed instantly when the atomic bomb went off on August 6th, 1945.
The identities of the 12 Americans might never have been discovered were it not for Shigeaki Mori, a historian who has spent 30 years documenting the U.S. airmen’s stories, finding their families and writing a book about it. Mori is himself a Hiroshima survivor who was only 8 years old at the time of the attack. A plaque with the pictures of the crews of the Taloa and the Lonesome Lady was placed at the site of the former police station in 1998, thanks to Mori’s efforts.

My grandson, Noah, went to Japan this summer on an internship. While there, he managed to visit Hiroshima and soon found James Ryan’s plaque. He took a picture of the plaque and sent it to us
You can read about the details.
~ Bill Ryan, Vietnam Veteran

One of many sites is:
http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/americans-killed-by-atomic-bomb-to-be-honored-in-hiroshima?news=838959