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Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors resided in the Kangyo Bank Building, which was used as a temporary hospital amidst the damage and ruins of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima.

   Undisclosed photos of Japanese

        A-bomb survivors

   U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

          February 22, 2024

SC-473738






















TR 15624

U.S.NAVY  No.473737

SC-473738   Sept. 1945

SUBJECT:

CAPTION:

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

VICTIMS LIVE IN BANK F BUILDING, SERVING AS HOSPITAL.

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA JRPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER:MILLER, WAYNE, LT. 

TAKEN BY (UNIT)

LOCAL NO: TR 15624

CLASSIFICATION: RELEASED



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