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The US military dropped 49 mock atomic bombs, filled with gunpowder instead of nuclear material, in Japan as training for the atomic bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On July 26, 1945, one was dropped on Tanabe, Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, causing great damage. Shigeko Tatsuno was born in 1924. She was a teacher in the higher education department of a national elementary school. One day, a bomb struck the town of Tanabe, Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City. It was a mock atomic bomb made experimentally before dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (From the Peace Osaka Testimony Video 2022) *About lending DVDs of testimony videos to organizations https://www.peace-osaka.or.jp/educati... ■Peace Osaka, a peace museum that tells the story of the Osaka air raids OSAKA INTERNATIONAL PEACE CENTER (Peace Osaka) A museum located in Osaka Castle Park. The museum commemorates the victims of the Osaka air raids, prays for peace, and exhibits materials related to the wartime experiences of the people of Osaka, with a focus on the air raids. Official website http://www.peace-osaka.or.jp Official X / oipc0917 Official Facebook / oipc0917