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Japan: Locals hold 70th memorial service for U.S. B-29 crew who crashed in Wakayama
Locals hold 70th memorial service for U.S. B-29 crew who crashed in Wakayama
May 07, 2014
By ASAMI MATSUMOTO/ Staff Writer
TANABE, Wakayama Prefecture--Locals offered a prayer to U.S. crew members who were killed when their B-29 bomber crashed in the closing days of World War II in this mountainous area, a tradition that residents have continued in the 70 years since their deaths.
At a memorial service held in the Ryujinmura district of this city on May 5, about 150 residents attended, including Ken Furukubo, a former junior high school teacher who has researched the crash and the crew over the past 40 years.
“We are extremely relieved to be able to mark the landmark 70th memorial,” Furukubo, 76, told the crowd. “It is important to remember the incident and build up a peace bastion inside ourselves.”
The plane crashed on May 5, 1945, killing seven of the 11 crew members. The remaining four were soon captured.
Two of the prisoners ...
May 07, 2014
By ASAMI MATSUMOTO/ Staff Writer
TANABE, Wakayama Prefecture--Locals offered a prayer to U.S. crew members who were killed when their B-29 bomber crashed in the closing days of World War II in this mountainous area, a tradition that residents have continued in the 70 years since their deaths.
At a memorial service held in the Ryujinmura district of this city on May 5, about 150 residents attended, including Ken Furukubo, a former junior high school teacher who has researched the crash and the crew over the past 40 years.
“We are extremely relieved to be able to mark the landmark 70th memorial,” Furukubo, 76, told the crowd. “It is important to remember the incident and build up a peace bastion inside ourselves.”
The plane crashed on May 5, 1945, killing seven of the 11 crew members. The remaining four were soon captured.
Two of the prisoners ...
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201405070003
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