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The Nagasaki atomic bomb left a young girl, Ikuko Nagatomi, with burns about 1.4 km from the hypocenter, and she was treated for scar tissue and depigmented scars.

     Undisclosed photos of Japanese

        A-bomb survivors

   U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

          February 22, 2024

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FEC-47-470143

6 DECEMBER 1946

#GIRL BEING TREATED FOR SCARS FROM BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB:" TKUKO NAGATOMI SUSTAINED BURNS FROM ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI. THESE HEALED WITH LARGE AREAS OF SCAR TISSUE AND DEPIGMENTED SKIN AREAS REMAINING. SHE WAS ABOUT 1.4 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER.

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BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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Photography by Signal Corps U.S. Corps U.S. Army

Atomic Bombing  Casualties


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