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A temporary hospital in the Bank Building, exposed to the Hiroshima atomic bomb, houses survivors of the bombing on 8 September 1945. A mother reaches out to her sleeping child in a poor bed on the floor.


                    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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TR-15626

80-G-473740  Sept.1945

SUBJECT:

CAPTION:

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

MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL IN BANK BUILDING HOUSES VICTIMS.

LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER: MILLER, WAYNE, LT. 

TAKEN BY UNIT)

LOCAL NO: TR 15626

CLASSIFICATION:RELEASED


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