Ceremony marks 56th anniv. of U.S. military plane crash in Okinawa

Ceremony marks 56th anniv. of U.S. military plane crash in Okinawa

People pray on June 30, 2015, in front of a cenotaph dedicated to those who were killed in a U.S. military plane crash in 1959 at Miyamori Elementary School in Uruma in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa to mark the 56th anniversary of the tragedy. The crash killed 17 people, including 11 children at the school, while injuring more than 200. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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