An atomic cloud billows over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.
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The operations order for the bombing of Hiroshima, dated Aug. 5, 1945, is displayed in the Museum of World War II Boston.
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Targeting information for the Hiroshima bombing order is shown in the World War II Museum Boston.
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Survivors receive emergency treatment from military medics just after the atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 1945.
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Above, the gutted Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. Below: The Industrial Promotional Hall, renamed the Atomic Bomb Dome, today.
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Above: Residents walk near the Aioi Bridge. Below: The same location today.
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Above: A shadow is imprinted on the Yorozuyo Bridge from the heat of the atomic bomb. Below, the Yorozuyo Bridge today.
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The Atomic Bomb Dome in 1945 and today
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Above: Shadows of railings that imprinted on the Yorozuyo Bridge by the A-bomb. Below, the same location today.
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The Urakami Cathedral in 1945 and today
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The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall in 1945, above, and today, below.
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People walk down a path cleared through destruction in September 1945.
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The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen from Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima today.
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The shell of a building in 1945
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A stray cat rests at the Atomic Bomb Dome.
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The remains of an exhibition and government office in 1945
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Visitors pass the Atomic Bomb Dome on a rainy day.
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A visitor observes the “Thousand Cranes” display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
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A handful of buildings remain in September 1945.
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A man waits at a crossroads near the Atomic Bomb Dome today.
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Soldiers and civilians make their way through the remains of Hiroshima on Aug. 8, 1945.
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Visitors pass ground zero for the atomic bomb today.
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