The Historic Visit to Hiroshima - President Obama

President Obama has arrived in Hiroshima, amazing facts...becoming the first U.S. president to visit since the atomic bombing of the city in 1945.

Marine One landed in Hiroshima at 5:00 p.m. local time. The president was joined by U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy.

Obama says his visit to Hiroshima today is "an opportunity to honor the memory of all those who were lost during World War II."

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech before U.S. Marines and their families at Iwakuni air station in Iwakuni, Japan, May 27, 2016, after attending the G-7 Summit in Shima, central Japan.

“It’s a chance to reaffirm our commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a world where nuclear weapons would no longer be necessary, and it's a testament to how even the most painful divides can be bridged," Obama said, delivering remarks to U.S. service members and Japanese Self-Defense Forces at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Iwakuni shortly before arriving in Hiroshima, where he's the first U.S. president to visit since the atomic bombing of the city in 1945.

Soon, President Obama will participate in a wreath laying ceremony and deliver remarks at theHiroshima Peace Memorial, where hundreds of people lined roads adorned with American and Japanese flags. The president is also scheduled to meet with several atomic bomb survivors during his visit.

President Obama is not expected to apologize for the United States’ use of two atomic bombs at the end of World War II. Instead, he is to reflect on the significance of the site and atomic blast that occurred there, while stressing his pursuit of a world without nuclear weapons.

The United States currently maintains about 4,700 nuclear warheads, far less than peak during the Cold War, when the U.S. had more than 31,000 nuclear warheads in its arsenal.

The wreath laying ceremony caps off his five-day trip to Vietnam and Japan.