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The boy, S. Tamura, had burns on his legs from the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, and he was photographed on July 5th, 1947 for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission.

       Undisclosed photos of Japanese

Atomic-bomb survivors

U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

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SC-296911

(FEC-47-17498) 5 JULY 1947

MEDICAL RECORDS OF ATOMIC BOMB VICTIMS:

S. TAMURA, BURN SCARS ON THE LEGS CAUSED BY THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED IN HIROSHIMA.

PICTURE TAKEN FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION.

PHOTOGRAPHER-SNELL

PHOTOGRAPH BY U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS.

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