On September 8, 1945, an elderly woman covered in flies, a victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, lies on the floor of a temporary hospital at the Hiroshima Kangyo Shinkin Bank.

 　　　　　　　Undisclosed photos of Japanese

 　　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

　　　　　　　　　　February 22, 2024

SC-473734

473734 Sept. 1945

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CAPTION:

NAVY PHOTOGRAPHER PICTURES SUFFERING AND RUINS THAT RESULTED FROM ATOM BOMB BLAST IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.

OLD WOMAN, VICTIM OF ATOM BLAST, LIES IN HOSPITAL IN HIROSHIMA BANK (KANGO GINKO).

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER: MILLER, WAYNE, LT. 

TAKEN BY (UNIT)

LOCAL NO: TR 15620

CLASSIFICATION: RELEASED

Postscript: An elderly woman covered in flies lies on the floor of a temporary hospital at the Hiroshima Kangyo Credit Union on September 8, 1945, a victim of the Hiroshima atomic bombing On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb, named Little Boy, on Hiroshima, a city of about 300,000 people. Its power exceeded 20,000 tons of TNT explosives. According to U.S. statistics, the bomb killed between 60,000 and 70,000 people. Other statistics indicate that 10,000 went undetected and more than 70,000 were injured. Nearly two-thirds of the city was destroyed.