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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG165-01
Creator KOMADA Tamotsu
Age at the Time 16
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,800m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 29×41.8
Description It was right before starting out work that I suddenly heard the roar of the B-29, I looked up and said, "Ah, it's a B-29." In the next instant, there were yellowish-white heat rays. I set off running. After four or five seconds, there a violent blast. We were lucky because the machinery stopped the building from completely collapsing on top of us. Crawling away from the building, the first people I met were some students from the First Municipal Girls High School. There was so much dust that visibility was nearly zero.

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