(1)Pictures of U.S. A-bomb victim registered at Hiroshima hall

(1)Pictures of U.S. A-bomb victim registered at Hiroshima hall

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo of U.S. airman Hugh Atkinson, who died in the atomic-bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, was registered at the national A-bomb victims memorial hall in Hiroshima on July 29. Atkinson from Washington was held prisoner in Hiroshima with a comrade after his plane was shot down off Kure in the same prefecture on July 28, 1945.

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