Conclusion

Many of the victims admitted to the emergency field hospital in the quarantine station were buried on the island. The painful reproach of those who died in agony due to the atomic bomb, and the deep grief of those who lost family members can never be fully expressed or understood. Including the bodies that were excavated on Ninoshima, the remains of approximately 70,000 human beings are still resting in the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound that stands in Peace Memorial Park. The fact that 70,000 victims were never identified eloquently symbolizes the extent to which the atomic bomb destroyed the city of Hiroshima and the utterly inhumane nature of the weapon that caused that destruction. We must all think deeply about what we as individuals can do to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again and the A-bomb tragedy is never repeated. The Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in the Peace Memorial Park 　October 18, 1994

Island of Final Rest 　Military City Hiroshima and the Ninoshima Quarantine Station 　Atomic Bombing 　Relief Activities Immediately after the Bombing 　Ninoshima Overflowing with Injured 　Anguished Voices Calling for Water; Family Members Searching for Loved Ones 　Sending off the Dead 　The Closing of the Emergency Field Hospital, then the Quarantine Station 　A-bomb Orphans 　Ninoshima of the Sleeping Dead 　Conclusion 　Return to TOP