Earth No War Museum (ENWM)

We can only silently witness the suffering of our citizens as they lie in state due to the war. The dignity of the local community and family is being lost in the face of the imminent war. War victims who have experienced the war want to give a record of the tragic war. As a representative of the citizens who crossed the stormy seas of war, we would like to send a compass for peace to the many citizens of peace. Earth @ENWM, Jan/1/2016, ENWM will also carefully note [NSFW: Not Safe For Work］.

Friday, May 24, 2024

Severe contractures and thick scar tissue developed on the burns of a woman who had sustained burns approximately 1.5 km from the hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb. The right hand contracture became so severe that it was investigated after a skin graft was placed on the right hand.

　　　　　　　Undisclosed photos of Japanese 　　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

　　　　　　　　　　February 22, 2024

SC-273301

287

FEC-47-70146

17 DECEMBER 1946

SEVERE CONTRACTURES AND THIC SCAR TISSUE DEVELOP IN BURNS OF NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR.

TAHIWA OKURA

SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN　ABOUT 1.5KM. FROM GROUND CENTER OF ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI.

CONTRACTURES OF HANDS ARE NOW SEVERE. A SKIN GRAFT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO　RIGHT HAND.

PHOTOGRAPHER-　DR. HENSHAW

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

14468

Atomic Bomb Casualties

Photography by Signal Corps. U.S. Army

Earth No War Museum (ENWM)

Friday, May 24, 2024

Severe contractures and thick scar tissue developed on the burns of a woman who had sustained burns approximately 1.5 km from the hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb. The right hand contracture became so severe that it was investigated after a skin graft was placed on the right hand.

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