Maeda Sakae

Age at the time of bombing: 40
Date of the scene:
1945/8/6
Approximate time of the scene: Just after the explosion
Distance from hypocenter:
2,500 m
Location:
Second Municipal Elementary School, Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas

Dimension: 26.5 × 37.5 cm

Girl students covered with blood, and sobbing as they ran. There was no way to care for the burns and bleeding wounds of the students who ran into the schoolyard. All we could do was put a little cooking oil in a bucket, then dab it on their faces with rags.

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