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ID Code 7205-0001
Artifact Name Surgically removed glass fragment
Donor Chiseko Kosaka
Receiving Date 1965/08/24
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 8×7×2
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 1000
Number 1
Location Kamiya-cho, Hondori areas
Description Chiyoko Kosaka was exposed to the bomb in her house. Glass fragments from a window shattered by the blast penetrated deep into her body. This one was surgically removed in August 1965, twenty years later.

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