U.S. Torpedo Attack Victims Remembered in Japan 81 Years On

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Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Friday to remember the more than 1,400 victims, including many schoolchildren, of the sinking of the Tsushima Maru evacuation ship in a U.S. torpedo attack 81 years ago during World War II. Survivors and bereaved families prayed for the victims at the ceremony in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japanese prefecture…

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Friday to remember the more than 1,400 victims, including many schoolchildren, of the sinking of the Tsushima Maru evacuation ship in a U.S. torpedo attack 81 years ago during World War II. Survivors and bereaved families prayed for the victims at the ceremony in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japanese prefecture…