Top PageA-bomb Drawings by SurvivorsDetails
ID Code | NG303-01 |
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Creator | Hideko Matsumoto |
Age at the Time | 15 |
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Date of the Scene | August 6 or 7, 1945 |
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) | 800m |
Location | Tokaichi, Nakahiro areas |
Size (H×W) (cm) | 27.2×39.2 |
Description | Calling for parents, begging for water, bodies piled on the riverside Tenmagawa River August 6 or 7, 1945 Hideko Matsumoto Explanation in picture The A-bomb flash burned off their clothes and deep into the skin. Calling for parents, begging for water, victims arrived at the river, ran out of strength, fell onto each other and stopped moving. Some were lifted by the rising tide, and the river filled with corpses swollen bright red and gruesome. |