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Teruko Saito, who was 25 years old when she was exposed to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, received treatment for her bomb-related injuries at Tokyo Imperial University Hospital.

       Undisclosed photos of Japanese

Atomic-bomb survivors

U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

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SC-285278

(FFC-47-73514)

23 APRIL 1947

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS RETAIN SCARS:

TERUKO SAITO, AGE 25, RETAINS SCARS AND A SCAR CONTRACTURE OF HER NECK FOLLOWING HEALING OF BURNS DUE TO THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT HIROSHIMA, SHE IS BEING TREATED AT THE TOKYO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

PHOTOGRAPHER-BLOCK

14868 RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION

PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

Atomic Bomb Casualities

Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army

































SC-285279 

(FEC-47-73515) 23 APRIL 1947

Atomic Bomb Casualties

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS RETAIN SCARS:

TERUKO SAITO, AGE 25, RETAINS SCARS AND A SCAR CONTRACTURE OF HER NECK FOLLOWING HEALING OF BURNS DUE TO THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT HIROSHIMA, SHE IS BEING TREATED AT THE TOKYO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.

PHOTOGRAPHER-SLOOK

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION,WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

14868

Photograph by Signal Corps Signal U.S. Army


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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...