Children of the Atomic Bomb: An American Physician's Memoir of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and the Marshall Islands
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Ground Zero 1945: Pictures by Atomic Bomb Survivors, Overview of August 6, 1945

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YAMABE Shōji
Ruins of a barber shop. A skelton remained sitting on a chair.
Year of Birth: 1903 \ Age at time of blast: 42 \ Age when image created: 71
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MIYAJI Tomiko
Black rain started falling. Some drank water from a puddle. Others opened their mouths wide to catch the raindrops.
Year of Birth: 1911 \ Age at time of blast: 34 \ Age when image created: 64
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YOKOYAMA Yoshihisa
Night scene of cremating the dead at the riverbed.
Year of Birth: 1913 \ Age at time of blast: 32 \ Age when image created: 62
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NAKANO Kenichi
A hell-like city in a sea of fire.
Year of Birth: 1898 \ Age at time of blast: 47 \ Age when image created: 76
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YOSHIDA Hiromu
A dead horse whose eyes were popped out by the explosion.
Year of Birth: 1913 \ Age at time of blast: 31 \ Age when image created: 60
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HORIKOSHI Susumu
Growing mushroom cloud, glittering silver under the mid-summer sun.
Year of Birth: 1938 \ Age at time of blast: 6 \ Age when image created: 36
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MATSUMURO Kazuo
A woman whose burned skin had peeled off and was hanging down.
Year of Birth: 1913 \ Age at time of blast: 32 \ Age when image created: 61
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MURAKAMI Misako
Fleeing female students whose whole bodies were burned.
Year of Birth: 1900 \ Age at time of blast: 45 \ Age when image created: 75
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TAMURA Shigemasa
In front of the Prefecture Hospital, people stood in a long line waiting for treatment for their burns. Treated with medicine that looked like white paint, they turned white all over. Everyone died asking for water.
Year of Birth: 1938 \ Age at time of blast: 6 \ Age when image created: 36
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MICHIDA Yoshie
Jumping into the river to escape the flames, people drowned.
Year of Birth: 1915 \ Age at time of blast: 32 \ Age when image created: 62
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FUJISE Asako
Seen from Hijiyama Hill, the city was a bright red burning Hell.
Year of Birth: 1923 \ Age at time of blast: 22 \ Age when image created: 51