Saturday, August 9, 2025

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 

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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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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...