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A man suffered burns over his entire body (Army quarantine station on Ninoshima Island)

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ID Code MONUKA0002
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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