A temporary hospital in the Bank Building, exposed to the Hiroshima atomic bomb, houses survivors of the bombing on 8 September 1945. A mother reaches out to her sleeping child in a poor bed on the floor.

     

              Undisclosed photos of Japanese

 　　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

　　　　　　　　　　         SC-473740             

TR-15626

80-G-473740  Sept.1945

SUBJECT:

CAPTION:

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

MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL IN BANK BUILDING HOUSES VICTIMS.

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER: MILLER, WAYNE, LT. 

TAKEN BY UNIT)

LOCAL NO: TR 15626

CLASSIFICATION:RELEASED