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Japan 1945 : a U. S. Marine's photographs from ground zero / Joe O'Donnell

by Joe O'Donnell

Photographs documenting the aftermath of American bombing raids in occupied Japan during 1945. The images capture the devastation and human suffering in cities such as Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Sasebo following atomic blasts and firebombing.

Accession 8272 ISBN 9780826514677 Publisher Vanderbilt University Press
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