Play Keeps Memories of Sunken Tsushima Maru Alive, 81 Years On

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Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–A play recently performed in Japan keeps alive memories of the 1944 sinking of the Japanese evacuation ship Tsushima Maru in a U.S. torpedo attack, which killed over 1,400 schoolchildren and others. With the survivors growing older, local children took part in the stage performance in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, taking on the task of passing down the…

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–A play recently performed in Japan keeps alive memories of the 1944 sinking of the Japanese evacuation ship Tsushima Maru in a U.S. torpedo attack, which killed over 1,400 schoolchildren and others. With the survivors growing older, local children took part in the stage performance in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, taking on the task of passing down the…