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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE15-35
Creator OKAZAKI Hidehiko
Age at the Time 18
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,430m
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 19.5×27
Description The driver's corpse lay face down.
1,400 m from the hypocenter, near the last stop on the Hakushima Line (Higashi-hakushima-cho)
August 6, 1945, around 5:00 p.m.
Hidehiko Okazaki (18 at the time of the bombing, 47 when he drew this picture)
Explanation in picture
The body of the uniformed driver looked as if he had fallen down after helping the passengers get out. Behind him, the conductor lay on his back, clutching his case. Near the rails, a youth sat straight up in a cart, his dead eyes gazing at the sky.

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