A Doctor's Sword
The remarkable survival story of Dr. Aidan MacCarthy from West Cork
2015 · 1h 10m · N/A Animation, Documentary, War
Overview
An Irish doctor survived the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki and was given a Samurai sword for the lives he saved. 70 years later his family searches for the origin of their father's sword.
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