US EditionPowerful AP photos show the scars of a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing
NAGASAKI, JAPAN, AUG 9 – Sumiteru Taniguchi bore severe burn scars from the 1945 Nagasaki bombing and helped lead survivors advocating for nuclear disarmament until his death in 2017.
- The Associated Press republished extraordinary photos of survivor Sumiteru Taniguchi’s burn scars on the 80th anniversary of the Aug. 9, 1945, bombing.
- On Saturday, Nagasaki marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic attack as survivors gather to remember the blast, with their numbers now at 99,130.
- A survivor has lived with wounds for decades, with photos showing scars from the Nagasaki bombing, as Yokoyama told the AP on Friday.
- Following Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Peace Prize , many recalled Taniguchi’s scars and steady voice, as he helped lead activists against nuclear weapons.
- Expressing urgency, survivors say records of bombing damages and life stories must be preserved, Yokoyama told The Associated Press on Friday, amid rising nuclear threats.
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Powerful AP photos show the scars of a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing
NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, The Associated Press is republishing the extraordinary photos of one survivor of the attack. Sumiteru Taniguchi, who died in 2017, was 16 when a U.S. B-29 dropped the bomb on the city. The scars on his back, burned raw by the blast, bore silent witness to that day, August 9, 1945, in an unspoken testimony inscribed in flesh. The photos, originally published …
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NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, The Associated Press is republishing the extraordinary photos of one survivor of the attack. Sumiteru Taniguchi, who died in 2017, was 16 when a U.S. B-29 dropped the bomb on the city. The scars on his back, burned raw by the blast, bore silent witness to that day, August 9, 1945, in an unspoken testimony inscribed in flesh. The photos, originally published …
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