"HIROSHIMA" by Hiromi Tsuchida

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Photo Set 7

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Fukuya Department Store, 700 meters from the hypocenter.

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Mrs. Sumie Tamura
age: 45; occupation: elementary school teacher; husband
<at that time> age: 12; at a place 3,000 meters from the hypocenter; mother and younger brother died.

"A blast occured, followed by darkness. I flew throught the air and crashed onto some stones." (written as a university student)

Student Uniform
Akio Tsukuda (13 at the time) was engaged in fire prevention work about 800 meters from the hypocenter. His father found his school uniform hanging on a granch of a tree on August 8, 1945. His body was not found.

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