VOSHN 146

<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="136"><tr><td class="etesti">136</td><td class="edate">On the morning of August 9<sup>th</sup>, 1945.</td><td class="eage">23 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>We were under the extreme stress for the new type of bomb.</td></tr></table><div class="largep"><p>In that morning, it was drizzling in the town of Nagasaki.  At seven o'clock in the morning I left home in Sakaya-machi (district) and went to the factory for work in Saiwai-machi (district) by train.</p><br><p>It was drizzling.  My brother just bought me the new pair of shoes, but I put on my old and worn-out shoes for work.  I didn't want my new shoes to get wasted in the rain.</p><p>I went to work with my factory clothes on, carrying the first-aid kit and all the money I had in my bag.</p><br><p>Our company was informed that the new type of bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th.  The information also included that the shipyard I worked at would be the next target for the bombing, we were under the extreme stress.</p><p>Hanging my 'Boukuu Zukin'<sup><span class="red">1</span></sup> on my shoulders, holding my umbrella open, I took my lunch with me and went to work.</p><br><div class="cap"><span class="red">1</span>) Boukuu Zukin: Bouku= protection from air raids.  Zukin=hood<br>    The Japanese Army mandated people to wear the hoods outside to protect their heads from air raids.<br>    Hoods were made of recycling clothes or pillows.  Children also learned to sew hoods at school during the war.</div></div></body>