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Horrors of the 'ant-walking alligator people' of Hiroshima whose eyes & faces were burned off with skins like scales | The Sun

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MORE than 140,000 people died when the US used a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima some 76 years ago today – but for the survivors the horrors had just begun. “Ant-walking …

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook MORE than 140,000 people died when the US used a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima some 76 years ago today – but for the survivors the horrors had just begun. “Ant-walking alligator people” roamed the devastated and irradiated ruins as men, women and children left alive suffered horrific burns and radiation sickness. 12 Two survivors – including a woman with a charred face – sit shell shocked in the aftermath Credit: Getty 12 The US dropped the “Little Boy”

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