Saturday, August 24, 2024

After the end of World War II in the Pacific, discharged Japanese soldiers, girls and children flocked to the trains to take advantage of free transportation from Hiroshima, where the atomic bomb was dropped, to their hometowns.

 Undisclosed photos of Japanese

        A-bomb survivors

   U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

            SC-473756

















U.S. NAVY 473756 NEG

TR-15648

473756 Sept.1945

SUBJECT:

CAPTION:

DISCHARGED JAPANESE SOLDIERS CROWD TRAINS AS THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE FO FREE TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR HOMES AFTER I END OF WORLD WAR 11 IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.

LOCATION:HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER:MILLER, WAYNE, LT. WAYNE, LT

TAKEN BY UNIT)

LOCAL NO:TR 15648

CLASSIFICATION:RELEASED



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