In September 1945, after the Hiroshima atomic bombing, a nursing assistant tended to a child lying under a futon with burns on his head in the ruins of a makeshift hospital in a bank building, while his mother looked on.

 

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SC-473737 Sept.1945.

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NAVY PHOTOGRAPHER PICTURES SUFFERING AND RUINS THAT RESULTED FROM ATOM BOMB BLAST IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.

NURSE'S AIDE AND MOTHER ADMINISTER AID TO VICTIM IN MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL IN BANK BUILDING.

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER:MILLER, WAYNE, LT.

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LOCAL NO: TR 15623

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On September 8, 1945, an elderly woman covered in flies, a victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, lies on the floor of a temporary hospital at the Hiroshima Kangyo Shinkin Bank.

 　　　　　　　

　　　　Undisclosed photos of Japanese

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　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

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473734 Sept. 1945

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CAPTION:

NAVY PHOTOGRAPHER PICTURES SUFFERING AND RUINS THAT RESULTED FROM ATOM BOMB BLAST IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.

OLD WOMAN, VICTIM OF ATOM BLAST, LIES IN HOSPITAL IN HIROSHIMA BANK (KANGO GINKO).

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER: MILLER, WAYNE, LT. 

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LOCAL NO: TR 15620

CLASSIFICATION: RELEASED

Postscript: An elderly woman covered in flies lies on the floor of a temporary hospital at the Hiroshima Kangyo Credit Union on September 8, 1945, a victim of the Hiroshima atomic bombing On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb, named Little Boy, on Hiroshima, a city of about 300,000 people. Its power exceeded 20,000 tons of TNT explosives. According to U.S. statistics, the bomb killed between 60,000 and 70,000 people. Other statistics indicate that 10,000 went undetected and more than 70,000 were injured. Nearly two-thirds of the city was destroyed.

Heavy scars appear from burns due to atomic bomb : " This 17 year old boy sustained burns from the atomic bomb explosion at Nagasaki. He was on his abdomen at the time. Burns have healed with formation of thick scars at some places. Scars on legs and hands are partially depigmented.

Undisclosed photos of Japanese

 　　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

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*"HEAVY SCARS APPEAR FROM BURNS DUE TO ATOMIC BOMB : "

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI. HE WAS ON HIS ABDOMEN AT THE TIME. BURNS HAVE HEALED WITH FORMATION OF THICK SCARS AT SOME PLACES. SCARS ON LEGS AND HANDS ARE PARTIALLY DEPIGMENTED.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

Atomic Bomb Casualties.

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, 

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS,

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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Photography by Signal Corps US Army

Kiku Tsuji suffered burns on both legs from the Nagasaki bomb, about 2.4 km from the hypocentre. The healing of the left leg was prolonged. Large amounts of scar tissue recurred in the area after the skin graft and on the thigh from which the skin graft was removed.

 非公開の日本原爆被爆者の写真

ーアメリカ軍原爆調査団ー

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"BURNS OF NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR TISSUE:" KIWA TSUJI SUSTAINED BURNS OF BOTH LEGS FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAK!. HEALING OF THE LEFT LEG WAS PROLONGED. A LARGE AMOUNT OF SCAR TISSUE RECORRED IN THE AREAS AFTER SKIN GRAFTING HEAVY SCAR TISSUE ALSO APPEARED IN DO NOR SITES ON THE THIGHS USED FOR SKIN GRAFTING. SHE WAS ABOUT 2.2 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSTON.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELAIONS, WAR DEPARTMENT, WHASHINGTON

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Potography by Signal Coorp.U.S. Army

The Nagasaki atomic bomb left a young girl, Ikuko Nagatomi, with burns about 1.4 km from the hypocenter, and she was treated for scar tissue and depigmented scars.

　　　　　　　　非公開の日本原爆被爆者の写真

ーアメリカ軍原爆調査団ー

アメリカ国立公文書館 2024年2月22日

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SC-273303

SC-273303

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FEC-47-470143

6 DECEMBER 1946

#GIRL BEING TREATED FOR SCARS FROM BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB:" TKUKO NAGATOMI SUSTAINED BURNS FROM ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI. THESE HEALED WITH LARGE AREAS OF SCAR TISSUE AND DEPIGMENTED SKIN AREAS REMAINING. SHE WAS ABOUT 1.4 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER.

PHOTOGRAPHER : ?

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION 

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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Photography by Signal Corps U.S. Corps U.S. Army

Atomic Bombing  Casualties