Injured Shuitsu Matsumura, Chief of Staff of the Chugoku Military District Headquarters
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ID Code
YKUNIHIRA0015
Title
Injured Shuitsu Matsumura, Chief of Staff of the Chugoku Military District Headquarters
Photographer
Yukio Kunihira
Date
On August 9, 1945
Location
Motomachi
Distance from hypocenter
790meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives
Yes
Owner
Mainichi Newspapers
Custodian
Mainichi Newspapers,Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description
The injured Chugoku Military District Headquarters Chief of Staff Shuitsu Matsumura. He was exposed to the bomb at his official residence in Kaminagarekawa-cho (about 1 km from the hypocenter) and was seriously wounded with a severed left carotid artery, but he immediately went to Hiroshima Castle, where the military headquarters was located, to assess the damage and take command in the midst of the confusion. It is thought that this photo may have been taken inside a tent in front of the Chugoku Military District Headquarters and Air Defense Operations Room.
