On March 1, 1934, the Japanese Army's Kwantung Army, which ruled Manchukuo, executed numerous Chinese bandits. The bodies of the many bandits who were killed were scattered across the wilderness of Manchuria.

   From March 1, 1934, when the Manchukuo state was established, the Japanese military's Kwantung Army, which controlled Manchuria, executed numerous Chinese bandits. The bodies of the many bandits killed were scattered across the barren lands of Manchuria.

    Bandits are thieves who commit crimes such as looting and violence in groups. In Japan, the term often refers to irregular armed groups in modern China.The character of Bandits contains meanings such as “non-human” or “villain.” Bandits typically operate in rural or remote mountainous regions where government authority is weak, and their groups often consist of economically bankrupt farmers, fallen landowners and intellectuals, and defeated soldiers.

    Historically, in China after the 19th century, due to the weakness of central authority, various armed groups emerged in local areas, and those with anti-government or anti-social tendencies were labeled as bandits. These bandits formed groups ranging from dozens to thousands of people and raided rural areas to loot.Some were reorganized into government forces and became warlords. Bandits were not merely common thieves but were recognized as irregular armed groups with social and historical backgrounds.

Manchukuo was a state established on September 15, 1932, through the Japan-Manchuria Agreement, following the Manchurian Incident, which resulted in the occupation of Manchuria (present-day northeastern China, including Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces), Inner Mongolia, and Rehe Province by the Japanese Kwantung Army. It is generally regarded as a puppet state of Japan.The capital was Xinjing (formerly Changchun), and the slogan was the construction of a “kingdom of harmony” based on the “five-ethnic harmony” of the Japanese, Manchurian, Han Chinese, Mongolian, and Korean ethnic groups.After welcoming the deposed Qing emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as head of state, the state transitioned to an imperial system on March 1, 1934, with Puyi as emperor. While ministers were primarily Manchu, key positions were controlled by Japanese under the command of the Kwantung Army commander.

On July 19, 2024, a Russian missile exploded at a sports field in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, killing three people, including one child and two elderly adults, and injuring 14 others.

　　On July 19, 2024, a Russian missile exploded at a sports field in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, killing three people and injuring 14 others. At a children's playground in Mykolaiv, a city in southern Ukraine, a Russian missile struck the area, killing one child and two elderly adults, and injuring five others. The missile exploded after an air raid siren sounded.

　　Ukrainian authorities posted images of the scene showing two bodies lying on the ground. One body was that of a child, severely dismembered and covered in blood, dust, and debris. Another body lay under the rubble at the entrance of a building. A third body was found in a forested area near a residential area. The photo also showed a person being carried on a stretcher and windows blown out of a house.

　　Nearby lay the remains of a Russian missile. The southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv, including Mykolaiv City, has been regularly targeted by Russian military attacks. Mykolaiv City is located approximately 60 kilometers northwest of the front line in the Kherson region. On the early morning of July 19, a Russian artillery attack from across the Dnieper River killed an elderly woman in the village of Bilozerska in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

At least seven people were injured in a Russian airstrike on the town of Chuhuiv in the northeastern Kharkiv region. The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had shot down 19 Ukrainian military drones over the western Kursk and Belgorod regions and over Crimea, which it occupies. Russian authorities deny targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure in their invasion of Ukraine. 

Warning: The body of a local resident killed in a Russian missile strike lies covered on a playground at an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike on Mykolaiv on July 19. Three people were killed, including a child. (Reuter)

In 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, the body of Mr. Okabe, a local correspondent for the Osaka Asahi Shimbun, was loaded onto a handcart. The Japanese military censored the photograph, labeling it “unapproved.”

　　In 1937, when the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the body of Mr. Okabe, a local correspondent for the Osaka Asahi Shimbun, was loaded onto a rickshaw. A note read, “The remains of Mr. Okabe of the Asahi Shimbun.” It was not the body of a Japanese soldier but that of a war correspondent who had been accompanying the troops. The body lay on the rickshaw, with a towel covering the head, which was face down.The body was partially obscured by the wheels, making it difficult to see the entire figure. The photo was taken by another war correspondent from a mourning angle. Without the note, the photo might have been mistaken for someone taking a nap on the cart. The Japanese military's photo censorship deemed it “unapproved.” 

　　The Censorship Division was part of the Imperial General Headquarters Press Bureau. It collaborated in suppressing free speech and took credit for its achievements. There were no designated censors. Photos were submitted to the Army Ministry, Navy Ministry (Imperial General Headquarters Censorship Department), or the Cabinet Information Bureau depending on their content. Even if a photo passed the Information Bureau's censorship and was approved for publication, it could still be rejected by the Army Press Department. This falls under the 14th category of “unapproved items.” Photos showing the “corpses” of soldiers, regardless of whether they were Japanese soldiers or Chinese enemy soldiers, were 100% unapproved.

　　Photographs of dead bodies on the battlefield were deemed “unapproved” as they were considered to incite demoralization and anti-war sentiment. Photographs of dead bodies were categorically ‘unapproved’ because there is no such thing as a “beautiful war.” By classifying them as “unapproved,” the war propaganda sought to present the war as if it were free of dead bodies.Photographs of the deceased were deemed “unacceptable” as they were believed to incite demoralization and anti-war sentiments. 

　　“However, articles regarding the cruelty of Chinese soldiers or Chinese people are permissible.” As a result, photographs of Japanese soldiers were rarely taken, while photographs of Chinese enemy soldiers were taken in large numbers despite the risk of being deemed “unacceptable.”Unless the prevailing atmosphere changes (such as the rise of anti-war sentiments or the popularity of erotic, grotesque, or sensational content), such photographs will never see the light of day. American military photographers documented the bodies of both enemy and ally soldiers. While the actual circumstances of their publication remain unclear, it is believed that such photographs were sometimes considered useful for boosting morale. Photographs of corpses have always posed ethical dilemmas for those who capture them. Those who do so must be prepared to accept all criticism.

日中戦争が勃発した1937年に、大阪朝日新聞社の現地特派員であった岡部さんの死体がリヤカーに乗せらていた。「大朝 岡部君の死骸」とメモがあった。日本軍兵士の死体ではなく、従軍していた特派員の新聞記者の死体写真であった。その死体はリヤカーの上に死体が横たわっていた。タオルうつ伏せの頭部にかぶせていた。車輪の陰にもなって、死体の全体像は見えない。同じ従軍記者が、悼む角度から撮影した写真である。メモがなければ、リヤカーの上であたかも昼寝していると思わせる写真である。日本軍の写真の検閲では「不許可」とされた。

  大本営報道部に検閲係がある。言論統制に加担して、功をきそった。検閲には、決った担当者がいなかった。写真は内容に合わせて陸軍省海軍省(大本営検閲部)や内閣情報局へと持参する。情報局の検閲をパスして発表されても、陸軍報道部からクレームをつけられた。

　不許可事項の14番目に当たる。 兵士の「死骸」が転がっている写真は、日本軍兵士や中国軍り敵兵問わず、100%不許可である。戦場の死者の死体を撮った写真は、戦意喪失、厭戦反戦気分を煽るものとして「不許可」となった。死体写真は、論外の「不許可」となるのは、綺麗な戦争というものはないからである。「不許可」にして、死体なきが如く綺麗事に見せるのが、戦争宣伝である。死者の姿を撮った写真は、戦意喪失、厭戦反戦気分を煽るものとして「不許可」となった。

　「但シ支那兵又ハ支那人ノ惨虐性ニ関スル記事ハ差支ナシ」から、日本軍の兵士の死体をほとんど撮らない、中国軍の敵兵の写真は、不許可を覚悟で、かなり多く撮影した。時代の空気がかわらなければ(反戦思想やエログロナンセンスの流行)、陽の目を見ることはない。アメリカ軍の従軍カメラマンは、敵味方なく戦死体を撮影する。発表の実態は不明だが、戦死体も、時に戦意昂揚に役立つと考えた。死体写真は、カメラを握るものも、その倫理を問われた。一切の批判を引き受けるだけの覚悟が必要である。

On June 30, 1943, shortly after 7 a.m., when the US military landed on Rendova Island, the bodies of US soldiers killed by the Japanese military were placed on stretchers, their faces covered with helmets, and laid down.

   During the Pacific War, on June 30, 1943, shortly after U.S. forces landed on Lendba Island at around 7 a.m., the bodies of U.S. soldiers killed by Japanese forces were placed on stretchers, their faces covered with helmets, and left lying on the ground. Lendba Island is located in the western part of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea.

   Rendova Island was defended by 290 Japanese soldiers. On the early morning of June 30, 1943, U.S. forces landed on Rendova Island.The Japanese garrison, which had set up a defensive line 90 meters inland from the coast, was caught off guard and approximately one-quarter of its troops were killed by the U.S. forces. As the Japanese forces retreated from the coast, 50 to 69 soldiers were killed, four U.S. soldiers were killed, and five were wounded. As the U.S. forces advanced inland, vehicles became stuck in deep mud and were abandoned on a narrow beach.

    At 3:30 PM, a severe air raid by 49 Japanese fighter planes was detected. Ten of them broke through and attacked the American fleet. On July 2, Japanese fighter planes launched a surprise attack on American forces from the east coast of Lendba Island. The Japanese fighter planes killed 59 American soldiers gathered along the coast, wounded 77 others, and destroyed a field hospital.On July 4, the Japanese military deployed 100 fighter aircraft, but only 16 reached Rendezvous Island, with 12 shot down by American anti-aircraft fire. Rendezvous Island was completely occupied by American forces.

At this market in Hadera, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing five Israelis. Here, people rush to help the seriously injured, on 26 October, 2005.

   On October 26, 2005, five people were killed in the Israeli town of Hardeh in the first suicide bombing since Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad claimed that the attack was in retaliation for the killing of one of its leaders. The suicide bomber detonated himself in a market where many people had gathered. The bodies of the victims were found lying on the ground covered in glass and metal fragments.The bomber was identified as Hassan Abu Zeid, a 20-year-old from the West Bank town of Kabatiyeh. 

   Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bomb attack in the Israeli coastal city, asserting it was in retaliation for the killing of one of its military leaders last week.According to Israeli police authorities, a suicide bombing occurred at a market in the Israeli coastal city of Hadera on October 26, killing five people and injuring 30 others. On the morning of October 25, Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel.The Israeli military launched intense attacks on areas in northern Gaza. The Palestinian attack was reportedly part of retaliation for the death of a senior member of a Palestinian militant group. 

   The Islamic Jihad, a militant Palestinian group, temporarily responded that the attack was in retaliation for the killing of its military leader, Luay Saadi, in the West Bank last week.Major Palestinian armed groups had pledged to maintain a ceasefire by the end of 2005. However, following the killing of Rawi Saadi on October 25, Islamic Jihad retaliated. Israeli personnel who arrived at the scene rescued the seriously injured.

Warning: At this market in Hadera, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing five Israelis, 26 October, 2005. Here, people rush to help the seriously injured. Photo: George Ginsberg/AFP 

On Dutch New Guinea, the body of a dead Japanese soldier lies among wrecked enemy equipment, seen as American troops move along the beach during the attack on Japanese held Hollandia.

   During the Pacific War, on April 27, 1944, while advancing along the coast during an attack on Hollandia, which was occupied by Japanese forces in Dutch New Guinea, the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lay among the wreckage of destroyed Japanese military equipment.

   The New Guinea Campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 23, 1942, to August 15, 1945, when the war ended. In the first phase, which began in early 1942, the Empire of Japan invaded New Guinea on January 23, Papua on July 21, and by March 29 had occupied the western part of New Guinea, which had been a Dutch colony.The second phase lasted from late 1942 until the Japanese surrender, with Allied forces—primarily Australian troops—first clearing Papua, then New Guinea, and finally the Dutch colonial territories of Japanese forces. The Japanese suffered a decisive defeat, incurring heavy casualties and losses. Disease and starvation claimed more Japanese lives than Allied attacks.Most Japanese troops had little contact with Allied forces and were subjected to a naval blockade by the Allied navy. Japanese garrison troops were surrounded and denied supplies of food and medicine. Ninety-seven percent of Japanese deaths were non-combat related. 

     Hollandia was an important port and strategic base located on the north-central coast of New Guinea, facing Humboldt Bay. The Allied Southwest Pacific Command decided to occupy Hollandia. The Allies began their invasion of western New Guinea in early 1944, capturing the Admiralty Islands in March 1944 and securing air bases. The U.S. First Army launched the Western Campaign on April 22, 1944. The landing operation at Hollandia was the first objective in the Dutch-held part of New Guinea.The Japanese military was ill-prepared and unable to hold the area. They retreated to the western defensive line and abandoned all their positions. Isolated Japanese units continued to resist even after being cut off. No units surrendered, and fighting in western New Guinea continued until the end of the war. The isolated Japanese troops were in extremely brutal conditions, with many on the brink of starvation.

A lone grieving Marine crouches solemnly above a row of three covered American bodies killed by the Japanese on the battle of Okinawa. April 4, 1945.

   On April 4, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, an American soldier knelt down in grief before a row of three covered stretchers carrying the bodies of American soldiers killed by Japanese forces.On April 1, 1945, the Japanese military's Kaga Detachment (Independent Infantry Regiment No. 12), consisting of 1,233 troops, engaged in four days of delaying actions against the U.S. military that had landed on Kadena Beach as part of Operation Iceberg, successfully guiding the U.S. forces to the Kagami Position where Japanese troops were waiting. The Japanese military suffered 242 casualties.

  The Kagaya Detachment delayed the advance of tens of thousands of American troops with just 1,000 men. During the day, they infiltrated existing Japanese positions and fought the Americans, then moved at night to new positions in the rear, blocking the advancing Americans the next morning. By the morning of April 5, the Kagaya Detachment had returned to the main positions of the Japanese 62nd Division.Despite losing half of its troops, the unit destroyed 10 American tanks and killed approximately 600 American soldiers. In the early stages of the southern battle of Okinawa, the Kagaya Detachment held off the overwhelming American forces from April 2 to 5 along the Nodake and Shinagaki fronts, delaying their advance.

During this period, the U.S. Army suffered over 1,500 casualties, while the Japanese Army lost approximately 4,500 soldiers. The units that engaged the U.S. forces were the Special First Regiment and the Kagaya Detachment. The Special First Regiment was composed of construction and facility management troops without weapons or equipment, consisting of Okinawan civilians and students. The Kagaya Detachment also included local teenagers mobilized from youth schools.

  The delaying force used local Okinawan civilians as human shields. The Kagaya Detachment, severely depleted, withdrew to Hill 161.8. By dawn on April 5, the withdrawal from Hill 161.8 was completed. On April 5, in accordance with brigade orders, the unit withdrew toward the Shuri Command Headquarters area.

1人のアメリカ軍兵士が、1945年4月4日に沖縄戦の戦場において、日本軍に殺害された3体の覆われ担架に乗せられたアメリカ軍兵士の死体の列に、悲しみに暮れてかがみ込んだ。1945年4月1日にアイスバーグ作戦により嘉手納海岸に上陸したアメリカ軍を相手に、日本軍の総員1,233人の賀谷支隊(独立歩兵第12大隊)が4月4日までの4日間の遅滞戦闘を行って、日本軍が待ち構える嘉数陣地までアメリカ軍を誘導した。日本軍の戦死者は、242人であった。

　賀谷支隊は、アメリカ軍の進撃をわずか1,000人で数万のアメリカ軍を遅滞した。賀谷支隊は、日中は既設の陣地に侵入してアメリカ軍と戦い、夜に移動して後方の新たな陣地に入って、翌朝に進撃するアメリカ軍を足止めした。賀谷支隊は4月5日朝には日本軍第62師団の主陣地隊まで戻った。半数の兵士を失って、アメリカ軍の戦車10輌を撃破して約600人のアメリカ軍兵士を殺害した。沖縄戦南部の戦いの序盤は、賀谷支隊が圧倒的なアメリカ軍相手に4月2日〜5日まで、沖縄の野嵩と新垣の戦線で、アメリカ軍の進撃を阻止して遅滞させた。

 その過程で、アメリカ軍は1,500人以上の戦死者を出し、日本軍は約4,500人の戦死者を出した。アメリカ軍に対戦したのは特設第一連隊と賀谷支隊であった。特設第一連隊には、建設施設管理部隊で武器装備もなく、沖縄人や学徒で構成された。賀谷支隊にも、地元の少年が青年学校から動員された。地元の沖縄人を盾として捨て石にした遅滞支隊であった。賀谷支隊は消耗激しく161.8高地へ撤退した。4月5日の夜明けまでに161.8高地に撤退を完了した。4月5日には旅団命令により、首里司令部方面へ撤退した。

 

The twins of Asser and Aysal Abu Al-Qumsan, were killed when they were four days old killed by Israeli army shelling on August 13, 2024, along with their dead mother, Juri, and grandmother in Gaza Strip.

   In the Gaza Strip of Palestine, on August 13, 2024, just four days after their birth, the twins Assa and Aysar Abu Al-Qumsan were killed by Israeli military artillery shells along with their mother, Juna, and grandmother. One of the twins was torn apart, their face unrecognizable, while the other was covered in blood like their mother, Juna.The grandmother had her head severed by an Israeli military shell. The father, Muhammad, witnessed the shocking and horrific scene, which was too much for his mind and body to bear, causing him to faint and collapse to the ground. On September 16, 2024, the Gaza Health Ministry announced that 34,344 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli military attacks over the past 11 months.Since October 7, 2023, many Palestinians remain unidentified. Among the identified victims are over 11,300 children, including 710 who were killed by the Israeli military before reaching the age of one.

   On August 13, 2024, a video of 33-year-old Muhammad Abu Al-Qumsan holding the birth certificates of his twin babies, born on August 10, was widely shared around the world.After being forcibly displaced from the Al-Rimal district of Gaza City in early October, his family moved to the Shabura refugee camp in Rafah and was later forcibly displaced to an apartment in the Deir al-Balah area of central Gaza. Tragically, just four days after their birth, Israeli military shells struck the apartment, killing the twins, Aser and Aysar, along with their mother, Jumana.

   On August 10, Jumana gave birth to the twins via a difficult cesarean section at a field hospital in Deir al-Balah. The joy quickly turned to deep sorrow and suffering. On the morning of August 13, after having breakfast with his wife and her mother, Muhammad went to the civil affairs office at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah to obtain birth certificates for the children.Just minutes after receiving the birth certificates, he learned from a neighbor that the Israeli military had shelled his wife and children's apartment, and all were transported to the hospital where Muhammad was. Upon learning that his wife and twins' bodies were placed in the hospital's morgue refrigerator, Muhammad was overcome by shock and the horrific scene, collapsing to the ground. 

Warning: Asser and Aysal Abu Al-Qumsan, killed when they were four days old. (Courtesy of Muhammad Abu Al-Qumsan)

During the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, the German SS shot and killed approximately 20 Belgian civilians, including men, women, and children, on the road between Stavelot and Trois-Ponts in Belgium.

　　During the Battle of the Bulge, a counteroffensive launched by German forces in December 1944 as part of the Western Front of World War II, approximately 20 Belgian civilians, including men, women, and children, were shot and killed by the German SS on the road between Stavelot and Trois-Ponts.On December 15, the bodies scattered throughout the town were awaiting identification before burial. 

　　The German invasion of Belgium began on May 10, 1940.The Belgian army was pushed back along the Meuse River on May 28, and the Belgian king and army surrendered unconditionally. Approximately 6,000 Belgian soldiers were killed in action, and 15,850 were wounded. Belgium was liberated by Allied forces beginning on September 2, 1944, when they entered the town of Heinze, and liberation was completed on December 12, 1945.

　　On December 16, 1944, German forces suddenly launched the Ardennes Offensive in the Battle of the Bulge, deploying over 250,000 troops. Belgian towns and civilians in the Ardennes region suffered severe casualties, with homes reduced to rubble and many civilians killed by German troops and the SS.The Battle of the Bulge ended on January 28, 1945, when German forces withdrew to Germany. Allied casualties included 19,246 American soldiers killed in action, 47,500 wounded, and 23,000 captured or missing, resulting in a total of 89,746 casualties.British troops suffered 200 deaths, 1,200 wounded, or missing. German forces lost 67,200 killed, 32,800 wounded, or missing. Soviet forces launched a fierce offensive against German forces on the Eastern Front starting January 12, 1945, just before the end of the Battle of the Bulge.

 

After the bloody Battle of Tarawa, which raged from November 20 to 25, 1944, during World War II, American soldiers posed in front of a pile of dead Japanese soldiers.

　　Following the bloody Battle of Tarawa, which erupted from November 20 to 25, 1944, during World War II, American soldiers posed in front of a mountain of Japanese soldiers' corpses. The Battle of Tarawa began on November 20 when 18,600 American troops landed on Tarawa Island and engaged in combat with 4,600 Japanese soldiers.The fighting continued for four days until November 25, with both sides suffering heavy casualties. The U.S. forces occupied Tarawa Island. Of the 3,636 Japanese soldiers, only 17 survived. Of the 1,200 Korean laborers brought to Tarawa, only 129 survived. The U.S. forces suffered 1,009 killed in action and 2,101 wounded.

　　By November 23, the Japanese forces had lost most of their heavy equipment. Approximately 350 Japanese soldiers gathered near the eastern end of the runway where the U.S. forces had set up camp. They decided that rather than wait passively for death, they would launch a night raid. Wounded soldiers who could not participate in the raid committed suicide by putting the muzzle of their guns in their mouths or stabbed each other with bayonets.

　　The night raid began at 7:30 PM when Japanese soldiers infiltrated the American camp. Approximately 50 Japanese soldiers advanced from the runway to the southern coastline, infiltrating the American lines through dense underbrush. After fierce fighting, the Japanese forces were temporarily repelled.The next night raid began at 11:00 p.m., with a group of Japanese soldiers shouting as they launched an attack from the woods in front of the camp. The American forces used mortars and machine guns to defeat the group of 50 soldiers. 

　　The Japanese army's third night raid began at 4:00 a.m., with a charge against the American positions.Approximately 300 Japanese troops charged, firing artillery and machine guns, as well as receiving gunfire from destroyers. Under concentrated American fire, most of the Japanese soldiers were killed before reaching the American positions. The remaining Japanese soldiers engaged in close combat with bayonets and rifles. By dawn, the bodies of 300 Japanese soldiers lay scattered inside and outside the American positions.

ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION CONFERS WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE PHYSICIANS IN THE BADLY-DAMAGED HIROSHIMA CITY HALL, HIROSHIMA, HONSHU, JAPAN, IN DECEMBER, 1946.

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ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION CONFERS WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE PHYSICIANS IN THE BADLY-DAMAGED HIROSHIMA CITY HALL, HIROSHIMA, HONSHU, JAPAN, IN DECEMBER, 1946. SEATED, L-R: DR. HACHIYA, DR. TAKEMOUCHI, DR. KURAKAWA, DR. YOSHIMURA, DR. BRUES. STANDING L-R: TWO UNDENTIFIED CITY, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, DR. HATANO, DR. ISHIBASHI, DR. MATSUBAYASHI, DR. MORISAKI, DR. HENSHAW, DR. TSUZUKI, DR. KOMIYAMA 

PHOTOGRAPHER: J. NEEL 1ST LT. MC 

ATOMIC BOMB-GEN 

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION 

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS 

Photo WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON 

Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army 

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HIROSHIMA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL LOCATED ABOUT 2.6 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION IS SHOWN HERE.

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"HIROSHIMA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL:* THE HIROSHIMA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL LOCATED ABOUT 2.6 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION IS SHOWN HERE.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

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In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, on April 13, 2025, Russian forces attacked a church with ballistic missiles, killing approximately 34 people and injuring more than 100 others.

 　In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, Russian forces attacked a church where people were gathering to attend services on April 13, 2025, using ballistic missiles, resulting in at least 34 deaths and over 100 injuries.On the morning of April 13, two missiles struck the crowded city center of Sumy. One hit a trolleybus carrying passengers. The scene showed bodies lying on the ground, burning vehicles, and rescue teams carrying bloodied survivors. Sumy is located 25 kilometers from the Russian border, and two of the deceased were children.

　　Bodies lay scattered on the ground. Many of the deceased were either sitting in the bus or walking on the road. Since it was a religious festival, many people were out, making it a genocide. Russia was accused of carrying out intentional terrorist acts. Russian missiles struck ordinary streets, homes, educational institutions, and vehicles on the road, coinciding with Palm Sunday, the day when Jesus entered Jerusalem.According to authorities, 117 people were injured, including 15 children. The first missile struck the conference hall of Smolensk State University. The second missile landed on Pokrovskaya Street, 200 meters away, as a trolleybus was passing by. Russian forces fired two missiles from the western regions of Voronezh and Kursk.

　　The Russian government ignored the U.S. proposal for a complete and unconditional ceasefire. Russia believed it could continue killing Ukrainians with impunity. Putin's spokesperson stated on April 13 that while talks were proceeding smoothly, no immediate results were expected.Ukraine signed the 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States a month ago. Since then, Russian forces have intensified shelling of Ukrainian cities, launching 70 missiles and 2,200 drones. Early April, a Russian missile struck a playground in the city of Kryvyi Rih, killing nine children and nine adults.

Warning: Bodies lie on the ground after the Russian missile strike on Sumy. Photograph: Volodymyr Hordiienko/AP

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.

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"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION

ABOUT 2.5 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.

HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALED. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE ALSO

OCCURRED LATER, HOWEVER, ON HIS LEFT THIGH WERE SKIN WAS REMOVED TO GRAFT A BURNED AREA.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

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Photography by Signal Corps US Army

14468 Atomic Bomb Casualties

SC-2732992  (FEC-47-70142)

13 DECEMBER 46　Atomic Bomb Casualties

"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:" 

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALD AFTER TWO MONTHS. 

THE SCARS ARE NOW MASSIVE AND ARE SURROUNDED BY DEPIGMENTED AREAS.

KELOIDS LIKE SCAR TISSUE ALSO OCCURRED AT A DONOR SITE FOR A SKIN GRAFT, THE DONAR AREA BEING AT UPPER ANTERIOR SURFACE LEFT THIGH. PARTIAL EPILATION OF SCALP OCCURRED. BUT ALL HAIR RETURNED.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

Photograph by Signal Corps U.S: Army 14468

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, Photo WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

SC-273298 (FEC-47-70141)

13 DECEMBER 1946

Atomic Bomb Casualties

"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:"

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI RR STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALED. THE BOY WAS LEANING ON A SHOVEL AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION WITH HIS HANDS, BEHIND HIS BACK AS SHOWN HERE.

PHOTOGRAPHER HENSHAW

Photography by Signal Corps U.S. Amy

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, Photo WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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FRONT VIEW OF ASANO LIBRARY BUILDING, UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR CONVERSION INTO A LABORATORY FOR THE ABCC.

 Undisclosed photos of Japanese

Atomic-bomb survivors

U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

　　　　　The National Archives College Park, Maryland　  

SC-295903

SC-295903

(FEC-47-89557) 214

SEPTEMBER 1947

ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN:

FRONT VIEW OF ASANO LIBRARY BUILDING, UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR CONVERSION INTO A LABORATORY FOR THE ABCC.

PHOTOGRAPHER-SNELL

PHOTOGRAPH BY U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS.

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