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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eugene Hoshiko and Mayuko Ono

AP PHOTOS: A survivor of the Nagasaki bombing struggles to preserve remains

Decorated with colorful paper cranes and blooming flowers, it doesn’t look the scene of a tragedy.

On Aug. 9, 1945, U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki. Shiroyama Elementary School was only 500 meters (1,600 feet) west of ground zero. It is thought more than 1,400 people died here, including teachers and children.

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