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HIROSHIMA 75 - SHIN'S TRICYCLE 7475 DE WR-
SHIN'S TRICYCLE: 3 year old Tetsutani Shin is playing on his tricycle when the A-bomb detonated. His father Nobuo finds the barely alive Shin, trapped in the rubble of their home, still holding onto the tricycle's handlebars. Nobuo's efforts are in vain and Shin dies that evening. Nobuo buries Shin with his tricycle. This true story is related in a very harrowing children's book - 'Shin's Tricycle'.
(6th August 1945)
HIROSHIMA 75 - SHIN'S TRICYCLE 7475 DE WR-
SHIN'S TRICYCLE: 3 year old Tetsutani Shin is playing on his tricycle when the A-bomb detonated. His father Nobuo finds the barely alive Shin, trapped in the rubble of their home, still holding onto the tricycle's handlebars. Nobuo's efforts are in vain and Shin dies that evening. Nobuo buries Shin with his tricycle. This true story is related in a very harrowing children's book - 'Shin's Tricycle'.
(6th August 1945)