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ID Code HG119-C
Photographer US Army
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 0
Description Hypocenter Area in Ruins Shima Hospital
The hypocenter/Saiku-machi, Shima Hospital (November 1945)
The Shima Hospital, which had one-meter-thick walls, succumbed to the bomb's destructive force. Only the circular window at the entrance and the round pillars remained to evoke the past. On the right is the torii gate to Gokoku Shrine.

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