On August 6, 1945, just before the end of World War II, this B-29 bomber dropped and detonated the world's first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. It was named Enola Gay after the mother of its pilot, Paul Tibbets.It is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, a satellite facility of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

 

On August 24, 1955, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, designed by Kenzo Tange, opened in Peace Memorial Park in Nakajima-cho, Hiroshima. Although the number of materials on display was still small, the opening of the museum triggered a flurry of requests for donations.

  

The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), which was about to be completed in December 1950 in Hijiyama, Hiroshima, was reorganized into the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) on April 1, 1975. RERF: Radiation Effects Research Foundation) was established on April 1, 1975.

 

On September 28, 1949, the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Reference Room was opened in the Central Community Center in Motomachi, Hiroshima. This would later lead to the opening of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on August 24, 1955. The first director of the museum was Shogo Nagaoka, who recovered approximately 1,700 A-bomb artifacts from the rubble of the A-bomb desert.

 

Unpublished photographs of atomic bomb survivors in Japan - Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) - U.S. Navy Aerial Photography Unit - U.S. National Archives (The National Archives College Park, Maryland)

 Unpublished photographs of Japanese atomic bomb survivors

— Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) —

U.S. National Archives

(The National Archives College Park, Maryland)

Unpublished photographs of Japanese atomic bomb survivors

— U.S. Navy Aerial Photographic Unit —

U.S. National Archives

(The National Archives College Park, Maryland)

K. Kikkawa of Hiroshima suffered burns from the flash of the atomic bomb and, as of April 30, 1947, had keloids all over his body from his back to his upper limbs.

Undisclosed photos of Japanese

Atomic-bomb survivors

U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland　

 SC-285581

SC-285581

(FEC 47-74079) 28 MAY 1947

ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION PROJECT:

KELOID FOLLOWING FLASH BURN; K. KIKKAWA, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, ÁPRIL 30, 1947.

PHOTOGRAPHER - EINHORN

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

Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army

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A 17-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki suffered severe burns that healed with keloid-like scarring. The boy was burned when he was exposed to the atomic bomb near Nagasaki Station.

 Undisclosed photos of Japanese

Atomic-bomb survivors

U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland　

SC-273297 

SC-273299

SC-273298

SC-273297 (FEC-247-70140)

13 DECEMBER 1946

"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION

ABOUT 2.5 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.

HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALED. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE ALSO

OCCURRED LATER, HOWEVER, ON HIS LEFT THIGH WERE SKIN WAS REMOVED TO GRAFT A BURNED AREA.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, PHOTO WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

Photography by Signal Corps US Army

14468 Atomic Bomb Casualties

SC-2732992  (FEC-47-70142)

13 DECEMBER 46　Atomic Bomb Casualties

"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:" 

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALD AFTER TWO MONTHS. 

THE SCARS ARE NOW MASSIVE AND ARE SURROUNDED BY DEPIGMENTED AREAS.

KELOIDS LIKE SCAR TISSUE ALSO OCCURRED AT A DONOR SITE FOR A SKIN GRAFT, THE DONAR AREA BEING AT UPPER ANTERIOR SURFACE LEFT THIGH. PARTIAL EPILATION OF SCALP OCCURRED. BUT ALL HAIR RETURNED.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

Photograph by Signal Corps U.S: Army 14468

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, Photo WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

SC-273298 (FEC-47-70141)

13 DECEMBER 1946

Atomic Bomb Casualties

"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:"

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI RR STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALED. THE BOY WAS LEANING ON A SHOVEL AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION WITH HIS HANDS, BEHIND HIS BACK AS SHOWN HERE.

PHOTOGRAPHER HENSHAW

Photography by Signal Corps U.S. Amy

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, Photo WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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