Gov't to remember WWII victims of battles off Kyushu

Gov't to remember WWII victims of battles off Kyushu

NAHA, Japan - A ship carrying about 470 bereaved family members of the victims of U.S. naval attacks during World War II near islands between Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures leave Naha port Nov. 29, 2001. They will take part in a series of government-sponsored memorial services to mourn for people who were on some 130 ships sunk by U.S. submarines around the Ryukyu Islands.

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          Gov't to remember WWII victims of battles off Kyushu

          Gov't to remember WWII victims of battles off Kyushu

          NAHA, Japan - A ship carrying about 470 bereaved family members of the victims of U.S. naval attacks during World War II near islands between Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures leave Naha port Nov. 29, 2001. They will take part in a series of government-sponsored memorial services to mourn for people who were on some 130 ships sunk by U.S. submarines around the Ryukyu Islands.