Refugees inspecting rubble from their homes

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Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5384. 1 July 48 / Aftermath of quake in Japan: / In Morita, Japan, one of the Southern / sea towns hit hardest by the quake / which struck without warning, Japanese / return to their once proud city with / little to look forward to. The quake / which struck on 28 June 1948 and was / felt over the entire island of Honshu / left over 3,000 dead and hundreds of / thousands homeless. / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."

July 1, 1948

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