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Hiroshima in ruins

98-2460
Accession Number
98-2460
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350289315
Keywords
Atomic bomb
World War, 1939-1945
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) bombardment, 1945
HST Keywords
Atom Bomb; Japan - Cities - Hiroshima
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Description
Hiroshima on Honshu Island lies in ruins as a result of August, 1945 atomic bombing that hastened Japanese capitulation. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.
Date(s)
August 1945