Mr. Toshihiko Tanabe

Mr. Toshihiko Tanabe
age: 41; occupation: advertising agent; family: wife
<at that time> age: 8; away from Hiroshima (at a place of refuge); parents died.

"Dad asked me, 'Where is your mother?' I answered, 'She's not home yet.' Dad said, 'Not home yet, maybe never.' Then he took to his bed. His return was a happy moment that was much too short. He finally passed away around noon on August 16, because he had inhaled too much gas. (written at age 14)

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