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Caption | The atomic bomb survivor's skin was burned in a pattern corresponding to the dark portions of her kimono worn at the time of the explosion, Aug 1945 ww2dbase | |||||
Date | 30 Aug 1945 | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||
Identification Code | 77-MDH-6.55b | |||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
Photo Size | 1,193 x 1,284 pixels |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Denn says:
7 Sep 2011 08:54:55 AM
Alas, General Sherman's dictum stands the test of time.
7 Sep 2011 08:54:55 AM
Alas, General Sherman's dictum stands the test of time.
3. Dan says:
6 Feb 2014 01:23:56 PM
Yes this is bad.
But if they hadn't of dropped them who knows
what kind of super weapons Japan could of created
if they were not stopped.
Amen to that.
6 Feb 2014 01:23:56 PM
Yes this is bad.
But if they hadn't of dropped them who knows
what kind of super weapons Japan could of created
if they were not stopped.
Amen to that.
4. Anonymous says:
15 Oct 2019 10:34:08 AM
Call me a devil’s advocate but, Japan couldn’t make any super weapon. They were burning, starving, and strangled of steel, fuel, food, rubber, all that would be needed to make any weapon. They lacked aircraft able to take off, pilots to fly them, and enough air superiority to make anything meaningful of it.
It is disheartening we had to drop nuclear weapon on fellow humans, however, the reason was not because they would have super weapons but instead that they would rather have every Japanese person kill themselves than to live in defeat. We did it to save them from themselves.
15 Oct 2019 10:34:08 AM
Call me a devil’s advocate but, Japan couldn’t make any super weapon. They were burning, starving, and strangled of steel, fuel, food, rubber, all that would be needed to make any weapon. They lacked aircraft able to take off, pilots to fly them, and enough air superiority to make anything meaningful of it.
It is disheartening we had to drop nuclear weapon on fellow humans, however, the reason was not because they would have super weapons but instead that they would rather have every Japanese person kill themselves than to live in defeat. We did it to save them from themselves.
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19 Aug 2011 07:52:02 PM
Heartbreaking.
I hope this sort of thing is never repeated but knowing humans, I'm not too optimistic.
Thank you for sharing these photos and for the work you put into your site.