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A-bomb Artifacts

ID Code 3504-0022
Artifact Name Pass case and coin
Donor Fumio Wakida
Receiving Date 1975/04/05
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 60×80
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 1200
Number 2
Location Kokutaiji, Senda areas
Description Michie Wakida (then, 13) was a second-year student at Yamanaka Girls High School attached to Hiroshima Women's Higher School of Education. She was exposed to the A-bomb at her building demolition worksite in Zakoba-cho. Her father, Hikoichi, found a note posted in the burned ruins of her school saying that Michie had died on the 9th on Kanawajima Island. He then learned that her body was transported to Ninoshima. Hikoichi went to Ninoshima on the 10th where he received only a few locks of her hair. This pass case, found during an excavation of graves on Ninoshima, says Michie Wakida, age 14. thus, her remains were identified after 26 years.

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