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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE30-14
Creator OKAZAKI Hidehiko
Age at the Time 18
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,030m
Location Ushita, Hiroshima Station areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 25×18
Description "C'mon! Hang in there!" said the soldier in a tearful voice.
He had to yell at her or she would have passed out. Her hair had been turned so curly as if it were a perm, and her small eyes, lacking eyebrows, made her look like O-jizo (guardian Buddha). But looking at her when she told her hometown, "It's Seno," I realized she was a beautiful human. It was so heart-wrenching, I wanted to scream out, "How pitiful!"

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