Friday, July 19, 2024

Photographing the damage and ruins of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, hibakusha lie in a temporary hospital in a bank building. An American naval photographer filmed the damage and ruins of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

 

                       Undisclosed photos of Japanese

        A-bomb survivors

   U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

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5625
U.S. NAVY NO.
NEU
473739 Sept.1945
SUBJECT:
CAPTION:
NAVY PHOTOGRAPHER PICTURES SUFFERING AND RUINS THAT RESULTED FROM ATOM BOMB BLAST IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.

VICTIM LIES IN MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL IN BANK BUILDING.

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
PHOTOGRAPHER:MILLER, WAYNE, LI.
TAKEN BY (UNIT)
LOCAL NO:TR 15625
CLASSIFICATION:RELEASED

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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...