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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

(The National Archives College Park, Maryland) 

SC-273303



SC-273303

487

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.

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BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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

Atomic Bombing  Casualties


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The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he was still suffering from severe burns and keloids (Bring Back the Human Being, 1982).

    The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he suff...