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            A detail of the Memorial Tower to the Mobilized Students at Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park. 3.4 million students, aged between 12 and 17, were mobilized in Japan during the war, after the government enacted the Student Labor Service Act in August 1944. Younger students undertook building demolition and farm work, while older children were employed in munition factories. On August 6 1945, when the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, approximately 8400 students were demolishing buildings within the city to make firebreaks. Nearly 6300 of them were killed by the A-bomb.
After the war, only mobilized students whose names and date of death were known were allowed by the government to be enshrined in Yasukuni Shrine. Bereaved families began a movement to create a list of the dead and donated funds to build the 12-meter tall Memorial tower, which was completed in 1967, to console the souls of over 10000 students, including those who were Atomic Bomb victims, who died in bombings during the Pacific War.
The copper plate on the back of the monument contains the names of 343 schools, attended by all mobilized students throughout Japan who perished during the war. I couldn’t find the reason why certain schools were blackened out, as seen here.
   

Taken in: 日本 / 広島県 / 広島市 (show map)

Taken on: November 3, 2015

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2.8, 1/180 sec, 125mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/180)
Focal Length:	125mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Digital Photo Professional
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