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127-GW-1643-137424: Nagasaki, Japan, 1945

127-GW-1643-137424: Nagasaki, Japan, 1945. Two lonely, upright sentinels in the ocean of rubble, where the atomic bomb exploded. They may have been part of a school, warehouse or industrial plant. Photographed by September 16, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/10/25).
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Caption: Nagasaki, Japan, 1945. Two lonely, upright sentinels in the ocean of rubble, where the atomic bomb exploded. They may have been part of a school, warehouse or industrial plant. Photographed by September 16, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/10/25).
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