Claim: Picture of a Japanese child carrying his dead sister to a cremation ground during World War II.
Fact-check: This narrative of a soldier asking the Japanese boy in this photo to throw away his sibling's dead body has no conclusive evidence - FACTLY
Verdict: the photo shared in the post shows an iconic picture that was taken in japan after us nuclear attack in 1945. the photo shows a japanese boy standing in military posture and carrying his deceased younger brother on his back at a cremation ground in nagasaki. this photo was captured by the us marine corps photographer, joe o' donnel. there is no conclusive evidence of any such conversation between soldiers and the boy about throwing away his sibling's dead body. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2022-03-25T10:33:26