British ex-POWs visit Hiroshima peace park

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former British soldiers, who were forced to labor in Japan during World War II, and bereaved family members of former prisoners of war in Japan bow in prayer for the victims of 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in front of a cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in the city on March 14. The 21-member delegation was taken to Hiroshima by Agape, a British charity organization headed by Japan-born Keiko Holmes.

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