"HIROSHIMA" by Hiromi Tsuchida

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Photo Set 1

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Hiroshima City Hall, 1,000 meters from the hypocenter.

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Mr. Masatada Asaeda
age: 43 ; occupation: city hall staff worker; family: wife and three children
<at that time> age: 9; on school grounds (1,500 meters from the hypocenter); elder sister died, mother and two sisters injured.

"I ran back home crying my mother's name. Wandering around, I heard the voice of my elder sister calling my name. I was astonished to see her standing covered with blood. I looked at myself, and saw the skin of my hands and legs peeled and hanging down. I started crying again in fear." (written at age 15)

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Military Uniform
Minoru Tomita (24 at the time) was on a railway crossing on his way to Yokokawa Station, 1,700 meters from the hypocenter. He was accommodated at a nearby elementary school with very serious burns. This military uniform was sent to his parents' home by a nurse who thought he would die. He is still alive and well.

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