ocr: "We kept important things in the shelter, like the family photographs. Because we expected to be bombed any day, we slept fully clothed and we had first aid kits ready. "We even made Mrs. tyagawa (left) high school protective hats, called bokuzukin - they were very big, stuffed with cotton batting. By the time Hiratsuka was bombed, they knew the shelters weren't sate. - They werent bombing the beach, 30 we were safe there. From the forest we watched Hiratsuka burn. It was a weird teeling: strange and sad, worrying what would happen tomorrow. - RETURN