Saturday, August 24, 2024

After the end of World War II in the Pacific, discharged Japanese soldiers, girls and children flocked to the trains to take advantage of free transportation from Hiroshima, where the atomic bomb was dropped, to their hometowns.

           非公開の日本原爆被爆者の写真

ーアメリカ軍原爆調査団

アメリカ国立公文書館 2024年2月22日

(The National Archives College Park, Maryland) 

SC-473756

















U.S. NAVY 473756 NEG

TR-15648

473756 Sept.1945

SUBJECT:

CAPTION:

DISCHARGED JAPANESE SOLDIERS CROWD TRAINS AS THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE FO FREE TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR HOMES AFTER I END OF WORLD WAR 11 IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.

LOCATION:HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

PHOTOGRAPHER:MILLER, WAYNE, LT. WAYNE, LT

TAKEN BY UNIT)

LOCAL NO:TR 15648

CLASSIFICATION:RELEASED



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