A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A view from a fire tower shows Minato-cho, Eizawa-cho,and Mikawaguchi-cho. The main amusement street which runs southeast from the fire tower. A view of Higashi Yanagiwara-cho. Kobe Harbor area as seen from atop a 180 feet tower located in the central park of Kobe. Ship sailing in Kobe harbor.
A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. A U.S. freighter tied at a dock. American grain is unloaded into a U.S. Army vehicle. A U.S. truck as it pulls away from the ship. The ship's boom lowers a load of wheat into the truck. Japanese surveyors at work in Kobe. A surveyor makes a note on a map stand. The surveyors at work in a street. Pedestrian traffic moves about. A closer view of a surveyor and his instruments.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. Displaced cylindrical top stone of a gravestone in a cemetery. People walk on the damaged Motoyasu Bridge. Damaged stone lantern caps on the bridge. Pedestrians walk by with the damaged Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall in the background behind the bridge (later site of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial). A collapsed lantern due to blast. A boat in the Motoyasu River. Damaged blocks of the bridge.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. Damaged stone lanterns on a bridge over the Motoyasu River. People walk on the damaged bridge. A destroyed retaining wall along the river bank. Damaged Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall building in the background (later site of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial).
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. The statue of Goddess Kwannon toppled over from its base due to the effect of blast. The base of the statue. The prone statue of the Goddess of Mercy Kwannon looking skyward. The head of a damaged statue on the ground. A headless wooden statue dressed in a carved flowing robe felled by the blast. A damaged granite post supports a pine tree growing horizontally.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. A small vault which is the remain of a court. The side of the vault and the effect of blast on steel doors. The steel doors open showing the effect of blasts.