Relief Activities by the Akatsuki Corps on August 6

August 6.1945
8:50	Worked up Kyobashigawa River, fought fires on both banks and rescued injured. Transported injured to Ninoshima Island temporarily.
9:30	Worked up Motoyasugawa River, fought fires near Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and rescued injured.
10:40	Sent 100 men to fight fires near Hiroshima Monopoly Bureau. Worked up Motoyasugawa River, rescued injured near Minami-ohashi Bridge.
11:30	Cancelled routine tasks for entire corps. Ordered to conduct relief activities.
12:00	Worked up Enkogawa River, fought fires north of Hijiyama.
13:10	About 150 men fought fires and rescued injured near Minami-ohashi Bridge.
15:00	Due to overflow of patients at the Ninoshima Quarantine Station, began preparing to accommodate injured at the Marine Training Division.
16:00	Accommodated injured near Hijiyama Bridge.
16:40	Relief activities near Minami-ohashi Bridge, Meiji Bridge, and Sumiyoshi Bridge.
20:40	Established four relief stations in Saka Village, Aki County (now, Saka-cho, Aki-gun). 1,000 patients transported from Ninoshima Island.
21:30	Fought fires near Prefectural Offices.

Helping Victims in the Burnt Plain -- Relief Activities with neither Medicine nor Food to Offer -- Preparing for Air Raids Relief Activities amid the Turmoil Full-scale Relief Activities Conditions in Relief Stations and the Suffering of the People(1) Conditions in Relief Stations and the Suffering of the People(2) Relief Activities by the Akatsuki Corps on August 6 Conclusion Individuals and Group Contributors to This Exhibition Return to TOP