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Faces of Hiroshima

a report

by Anne Chisholm

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The story of twenty-five young women, scarred survivors of the Hiroshima blast, who became known as the Hiroshima Maidens after they were taken to the United States for plastic surgery.

HistoryJapanese Personal narrativesCase studiesWorld War, 1939-1945WomenKernwapens15.75 history of AsiaOorlogsslachtoffersPlastische chirurgieJapan, social conditionsBombardment, 1945