Survivor recalls 1945 U.S. air raid on cross-strait ferries

Mikio Miura recounts in an interview on July 14, 2015, in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, his terrifying experience as a crew member aboard the No. 6 Seikan Maru, one of 12 ferries linking Aomori and Hakodate across the Tsugaru Strait that were attacked by U.S. planes in July 1945 toward the end of World War II. The attack killed about 400 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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