Colonel John R. Hall, surgeon of the 10th Army, explained the effects of the atomic bomb on a woman who had burns on her face to the Far Eastern Advisory Commission on January 26, 1946.

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Col. John R. Hall, Surgeon of 10th Corps, describes affects of atomic bomb on a woman with face burns to members of Far dastern Advisory Commission. 1/26/46

Signal Corps Photo APA-46-64690 (Direda), released by BPR 4/1/46. orig. neg.

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A victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, who was treated for burns to the head, shoulders, and arms at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital on September 12, 1945.

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A victim of the atomic bomb raid on Hiroshima, Japan

is treated at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital 

for burns on head, shoulders and arms. 9/12/1945

Signal Corps Photo WPA-45-33514 (Lt. Camp) 

released by BPR 10/3/1945

orig.neg.  Lot 12495 gef

On November 11, 2024, it was announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 would be awarded to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) “for its efforts to realize a world without nuclear weapons and for its testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2024

A powerful international norm stigmatising nuclear weapons

 The grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. The extraordinary efforts of Nihon Hidankyo and other representatives of the Hibakusha have contributed greatly to the establishment of a nuclear taboo.

   The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”

Nihon Hidankyo

The Nobel Peace Prize 2024

Founded: 1956

Residence at the time of the award: Tokyo, Japan

   Prize motivation: “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again” Prize share: 1/1

   For demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.

  The two American atomic bombs that were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 killed approximately 120 000 people. A comparable number died later of burn and radiation injuries. It is estimated that 650 000 people survived the attacks. These survivors are known as Hibakusha in Japanese.

 The fate of the survivors was long concealed and ignored. In 1956, local Hibakusha associations along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific formed The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations, shortened in Japanese to Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement soon became the largest and most widely representative Hibakusha organisation in Japan.

  Nihon Hidankyo has two main objectives. The first is to promote the social and economic rights of all Hibakusha, including those living outside Japan. The second is to ensure that no one ever again is subjected to the catastrophe that befell the Hibakusha.

  Through personal witness statements, Nihon Hidankyo has carried out extensive educational work on the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. Hence the motto “No more Hibakusha”.

This is a photograph taken on December 6th, 1946, of the moderate damage to the Nagasaki Higher Commercial School (Nagasaki College of Economics, about 3km from the hypocenter) that was exposed to the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

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FEC-47-70154

6 DECEMBER 1946

WRECKAGE AT THE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL IN NAGASAKI.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. PS. HENSHAW

Atomic Bomb DESTRUCTION DAMAGE 

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

Photograph by Signal Corps US. ARMY

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Postscript: The school building was only slightly damaged and was used as a relief center for A-bomb survivors. After September 1945, the temporary headquarters of Nagasaki Medical College (the forerunner of Nagasaki University's School of Medicine), which had been devastated near the hypocenter, was moved here. In October, it was moved to Shinkozen Elementary School.

This was a railroad car tray in a special laboratory at the 406th Medical Laboratory's Special Laboratory Railroad Car Tray in USA at night by members of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (Dr. A. Baues, J. Neel, 1st Lt. MC) and Dr. Masao Tsuzuki (University of Tokyo).

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487  SC-47-70153

6. DECEMBER 1946

THE 406TH MEDICAL LABORATORY'S SPECIAL LABORATORY RAILROAD CAR TRAY, SHOWN IN USE AT NIGHT BY MEMBERS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, CASUALTY COMMISSION (DR. A. BAUES, J. NEEL, 1ST LT. MC) AND DR. M. TSUZUKI, DECEMBER. 1946.

PHOTOGRAPHER DR. HENSHAW

Laboratories

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

Photograph by Signal Corps. U.S. Army 

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SC-273230  

487 SC-47-70153

1946年12月6日

原爆傷害調査委員会のメンバー（A.バウズ博士、J.ニール、MC1等陸尉）と都築正男博士(東京大学)が、夜間に使用した第406衛生研究所の特別実験室の鉄道車両トレイである。

1946年12月。

写真家: ヘンショー博士

研究所

出版物: ワシントンの陸軍省広報局

アメリカ陸軍通信兵団撮影 アメリカ陸軍 

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A Japanese painter sketched the ruins of the Hiroshima atomic bomb in September 1945. The American military atomic bomb survey team photographed the Japanese painter.

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TR-15644

473752 September 1945

SUBJECT:

CAPTION:

JAPANESE ARTIST SKET SCETCHES RESULTS OF HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB BLAST.

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER: MILLER, WAYNE, LI. TAKEN BY (UNIT)

LOCAL NO: TR-15644

CLASSIFICATION: RELEASED

Postscript: Keizo Takamasu, aged 45, took up his paintbrush in the ruins left by the atomic bomb. He was a teacher at the Hiroshima Prefectural School for the Deaf in the center of Hiroshima, and was searching for his remaining relatives when he was photographed by Miller Wayne of the US Army. His eldest son, who was with him, wrote in his diary at the time that it was September 9th, 1945. Keizo Takamasu made a sketch of Hachobori, and 17 other pictures were left behind. These were the “Sketch of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb” that he drew in the early stages of the war. In order to avoid air raids, he moved to Yoshida-machi, about 45km north of the city, with his eldest son and eldest daughter in April 1945. From Yoshida-machi, they could see the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, and his father, Keizo Takamasu, sketched it. He had also drawn a picture scroll of the Great Tokyo Fire of September 1, 1923, which killed around 140,000 people. On August 14, 1945, Keizo Takamasu and his two children entered Hiroshima City to check on the situation at their home and school, and were exposed to radiation. However, they were unable to obtain an A-bomb Survivor's Health Handbook.

Japanese soldiers and civilians flocked to the train in September 1945 to take advantage of free transportation from Hiroshima to their hometowns after the end of World War II.

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TR -15653

473761 Sept.1945

SUBJECT:

CAPTION:

DISCHARGED JAPANESE SOLDIERS CROWD TRAINS AS THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR HOMES AFTER END OF WORLD WAR II IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.

LOCATION:

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER:

MILLER, WAYNE, LI. 

TAKEN BY UNIT)

LOCAL NO: TR 15653

CLASSIFICATION:RELEASED