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ID Code | MONUKA0002 |
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Title | A man suffered burns over his entire body (Army quarantine station on Ninoshima Island) |
Photographer | Masami Onuka |
Date | On August 7, 1945 |
Location | Ninoshima Island Army Quarantine Station, Ninoshima-cho |
Distance from hypocenter | 9000meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
Owner | Hiroshima City |
Custodian | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Description | Ninoshima Island, where an army quarantine station was located, is 4,000 meters into Hiroshima Bay from Hiroshima city center. It was used as a temporary relief station, and many people burned by bomb's intense heat were brought here via Hiroshima Port. |
Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, On display at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's Main Building, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima |
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