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Kiku Tsuji suffered burns on both legs from the Nagasaki bomb, about 2.4 km from the hypocentre. The healing of the left leg was prolonged. Large amounts of scar tissue recurred in the area after the skin graft and on the thigh from which the skin graft was removed.

 Undisclosed photos of Japanese

        A-bomb survivors

   U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

          February 22, 2024

SC-273302 





SC-273302

FEC-47-70150 6 DEC 46

"BURNS OF NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR TISSUE:" KIWA TSUJI SUSTAINED BURNS OF BOTH LEGS FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAK!. HEALING OF THE LEFT LEG WAS PROLONGED. A LARGE AMOUNT OF SCAR TISSUE RECORRED IN THE AREAS AFTER SKIN GRAFTING HEAVY SCAR TISSUE ALSO APPEARED IN DO NOR SITES ON THE THIGHS USED FOR SKIN GRAFTING. SHE WAS ABOUT 2.2 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSTON.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELAIONS, WAR DEPARTMENT, WHASHINGTON

14468 487

Atomic Bomb Casualities 

Potography by Signal Coorp.U.S. Army


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