Students of Hiroshima Municipal Commercial School gather in the schoolyard on December 17, 1946, after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped and exploded. The atomic bomb exploded right behind them and all of the students suffered burns to their necks and the right side of their faces.

 

                     Undisclosed photos of Japanese 　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

Feburay 22, 2024

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FEC=47=70125 17 DEC 46

HIROSHIMA SCHOOL BOYS ASSEMBLE AS THEY WERE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLODED: 

THIS GROUP OF HIROSHIMA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL STUDENTS. 

ALL SUSTAINED BURNS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THEIR NECKS AND FACES.

THEY WERE IN. A GROUP SIMILAR TO THE ONE SHOWN HERE WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLODED TO THEIR RIGHT AND REAR. 

THE BURNS ARE NOW ALL WELL-HEALED.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. P.S. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION 

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON 14468

Photogaraphy by Signal Corps U.S.Army 487

Atomic Bombing Casualities