Lot 278
Jeppson, Morris. Black and white laser photo of one of the few buildings left standing in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped, with a handwritten, signed explanation by Jeppson of the radiation effect of the atomic bomb: "What was not known was the radiation effect. Actually there are two - primary high energy x-rays and gamma rays at the time of the explosion. This burned people and combustible materials--limited to a range of thousands of feet. Then there were longer lived radioactive fall out of radioactive fission products from the V235 nuclear explosive. Tests years afterward showed that winds could carry fusion products for many miles to possibly contaminate people and food supplies. Morris Jeppson / Weapon Test Officer / Enola Gay Mission / Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945." Very fine.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,100.
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