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Aug 12, 2025 inhistory

13-year-old Barbara Kent (center) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, just hours after the Atomic Bomb detonation 40 miles away. Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old.

13-year-old Barbara Kent (center) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, just hours after the Atomic Bomb detonation 40 miles away. Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old.

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