A child was born in April 1946 to a mother who became pregnant shortly before the bombing after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped. The mother was exposed to the bomb 1.4 km from the hypocenter and received burns that formed keloids and was examined at the Hiroshima Hospital for Disaster Relief.

　　　　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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SC-273262  487

2FEC-47-70107

6 DEC  6 DEC 6, 1946

"HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR WITH CHILD BORN AFTER BOMBING."

MOTHER IS SHOWN WITH HER CHILD WHICH WAS BORN APRIL, 1946 

SO THAT CONCEPTION MOST HAVE OCCURRED JUST BEFORE THEn BOMBING.

BABY 1S IN APPARENT GOOD HEALTH. MOTHER WAS 1.6　KM. FROM HYPOCENTER AT TIME OF BOMBING.

SHE SUSTAINED BURNS WHICH HEALED WITH KELOID FORMATION OF LEFT HAND AND FOREARM, AND LEFT SIDE OF NECK. 

SHE WAS BEING TREATED AT HIROSHIMA POST OFFICE HOSPITAL.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON.

ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTIES.

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