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15 Military Air Defense Room Ruins in Hiroshima, Japan

During World War II, the Motomachi neighborhood where the Hiroshima Castle is located served as the Chugoku Regional Military Headquarters. Below ground was the Air Defense Room. When the atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima, all public communication lines were destroyed. However, a group of Hijyama Girl’s High School students who had volunteered to support the war effort were in this bunker. Yoshie Oka, a 14-year-old member of the Student Communications Squadron, was able to convey news of the attack from the crippled military phone.

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Military Air Defense Room Ruins in Hiroshima, Japan

21 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture 730-0011, Japan

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