Monument marks 60th anniversary of last WWII air raid in Osaka

Monument marks 60th anniversary of last WWII air raid in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People look at the names of their relatives and friends killed in air raids in Osaka during World War II on the monument unveiled on Aug. 14 at the Osaka International Peace Center on the 60th anniversary of the last air raid in Osaka Prefecture. The names of 8,800 victims the Osaka prefectural government was able to confirm were engraved on 12 copper plates embedded in a 3-meter-high dome and surrounded by eight bells, which represent the number of major air raids that hit the prefecture.

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