Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki, Japan
8/9/1945
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Original caption: A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over the Japanese port of Nagasaki, the result of an atomic bomb, the second ever used in warfare, dropped on the industrial center August 8, 1945, from a U.S. B-29 Superfortress.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of War Information.
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535795Full Citation: Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki, Japan; 8/9/1945; Records of the Office of War Information, Record Group 208. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/atomic-cloud-rises-over-nagasaki-japan, April 25, 2024]