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| | Japan's Forgotten Hiroshimas |
 | | With a current population of 400,000, it was known in 1945 as it is today for its apparel businesses and trout fishing on the Nagara River. |
 | | Its only tangible connection to the war effort, besides a factory that manufactured machinery parts, was the Kakamigahara Air Base 15 kilometers to the east, home of the Imperial Army's 27th Infantry Regiment. |
 | | To the east, the Kakamigahara Air Base was undoubtedly on alert for air attacks, for numerous cities to the south along the Pacific coast Nagoya, Toyohashi, and Hamamatsu had already taken hits from American bombardiers. |
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