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ID Code 1103-0036
Artifact Name Harmonica
Donor Jitsuo Maeda
Receiving Date 2007/08/05
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 165×30×25
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 1450
Number 1
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Description Jitsuo Maeda (then, 26) was stationed near Nobori-cho in a special garrison. He was spared the A-bomb as he had the day off and had returned to his hometown. Jitsuo returned to Hiroshima City on August 8 and assisted in relief activities until the end of the war. This harmonica was left at the barber shop in Higashi-hakushima-cho where Jitsuo worked before the war.

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