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<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="056"><tr><td class="etesti">056</td><td class="edate">Past noon on August 6<sup>th</sup>, 1945</td><td class="eage">43 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>A meeting at the Kure Naval Base</td></tr></table><div class="largep"><p>After reconnaissance in Hiroshima, I returned to Kure and reported to the chief of the Naval Base the situations in Hiroshima and requests from the Army.  Kure Navy Base immediately gathered unit commanders for a meeting and decided the followings:</p><br><p>  - Kure Naval Brigade Chief of Command organizes a 1,500-personnel task force. <br>  - Kure Naval Hospital Director organizes 10 medical corps. <br>  - Kure Military Procurement Chief procures food for 20,000 people. <br>  - All the above are to be completed by around 15:00.</p><br><p>By order, I left Kure by car before the troops did and headed to Hiroshima again.  When I arrived, the city had become completely different from what I saw in the morning.  The whole city was burning fiercely.  The injured were running to escape.  The flaring fire was beyond description.</p></div></body>