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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgical instruments are pictured during a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area conducted by surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Equipment is pictured during a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area conducted by surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

Face the Future surgeons operate Ukrainian soldiers in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - Surgeons of the Face the Future medical mission from Canada and the USA, joined by Ukrainian colleagues, conduct a reconstructive surgery on a patient with a military trauma of the maxillofacial area, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in the city of Hiroshima in October 2004 shows Michiko Yamaoka speaking about her experience of the 1945 atomic bombing to elementary school students visiting the city on a school trip. Yamaoka, one of the "Hiroshima Maidens" who underwent reconstructive surgery for facial burns in the United States from 1955, died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, 2013, at a Hiroshima nursing facility for the elderly. She was 82.

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"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 shows Michiko Yamaoka, one of the "Hiroshima Maidens" who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the city and underwent reconstructive surgery for facial burns in the United States from 1955. Yamaoka died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, 2013, at a Hiroshima nursing facility for the elderly. She was 82.

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Matsuzaka loses on return from surgery

Matsuzaka loses on return from surgery

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka gives a press conference after a game against the Washington Nationals at Fenway Park in Boston on June 9, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the mound nearly a year to the day after having reconstructive elbow surgery and worked five innings, allowing four runs on five hits in the Red Sox's 4-2 loss.

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Matsuzaka loses on return from surgery

Matsuzaka loses on return from surgery

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in a game against the Washington Nationals at Fenway Park in Boston on June 9, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the mound nearly a year to the day after having reconstructive elbow surgery and worked five innings, allowing four runs on five hits in the Red Sox's 4-2 loss.

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Actress group to perform drama on "Hiroshima Maidens"

Actress group to perform drama on "Hiroshima Maidens"

Members of the "On7" actress group listen as Koko Kondo (foreground) talks at a church in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 8, 2015, about the experience of the "Hiroshima Maidens," a group of Japanese women who survived the 1945 atomic bombing as schoolgirls but were seriously disfigured by burns and subsequently received reconstructive surgery in the United States a decade later. The actress group plans to perform a stage drama from September about the women whose U.S. treatment was arranged through the efforts of Kondo's late father Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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