On August 10, 1945 , the day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Yosuke Yamahata began to photograph the devastation. His companions on the journey were a painter, Eiji Yamada, and a writer, Jun Higashi.

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Ed Note:
A quote from a page of Peace........
"If we don't stop the bomb who will take care of the flowers?" Neal Seatte age 9

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