75th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

75th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

People pray during a memorial service in Naha in Okinawa, southern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2019, the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the transport ship Tsushima Maru, which was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II. The attack killed nearly 1,500 civilian evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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