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ID Code 3108-0002
Artifact Name Junior high student's belt
Donor Takashi Sakanoue
Receiving Date 1990/06/20
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 980×40
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 900
Number 1
Location Tokaichi, Nakahiro areas
Description Akira Sakanoue (then 12) was a first year student at Municipal Junior High School. Exposed to the A-bomb at his assigned building demolition site, he was taken to Ono Army Hospital. On August 9 he was reunited with his older brother, who was had been wandering everywhere seeking news of him. He was terribly burned on his left arm, and the characters of his name embroidered on the left breast of his shirt were burned out. That night, his condition suddenly worsened, and he died in his mother's arms.

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