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Dates: during 1948-1948
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Usage:

...children pinned beneath the wooden roof. Distracted passersby paused for a moment to help pry up the fallen beams. By this time the fire was spreading in all directions, coming toward us fast. The two rescued women, their babies in their arms, crawled out, red-faced and shaking, shouting "Arigato, arigato!" (Thank you, thank you!). Almost immediately the fire jumped across the street and caught the building from which they had just been rescued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Worse than B-29s | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

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