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A Japanese boy who was injured at the Pacific War time of the bombing of Hiroshima with the first atomic bomb. keloids on the arms are caused by radiation.

Undisclosed photos of Japanese

Atomic-bomb survivors

U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

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SC-296909

115(FEC 47 77501) 23 JUNE 1947

MEDICAL RECORDS OF ATOMIC BOMB VICTIMS:

A JAPANESE BOY WHO WAS INJURED AT THE TIME OF THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA WITH THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB. KELOIDS ON THE ARMS ARE CAUSED BY RADIATION. PICTURE TAKEN FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION.

PHOTOGRAPHER-SNELL

PHOTOGRAPH BY U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS.

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION IN DIVISION, 

WAR DEPARTMENT, WARSHINGTON

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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...