JR West's Kaitaichi Station

JR West's Kaitaichi Station

Photo shows JR West's Kaitaichi Station in Hiroshima Prefecture. Toshiro Uragami, an 88-year-old entrepreneur hailing from Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, recounts his war memories, including the time he escaped from an Imperial Japanese Army unit in September 1945, about a month after the end of World War II, by surreptitiously climbing on a coal cargo train at the station. (Photo by Makoto Hori)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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