Memorial service for Japanese victims in WWI Atlantic

Memorial service for Japanese victims in WWI Atlantic

BREST, France - A memorial service for crew members of the "Nagatamaru," a Japanese ship sunk by the Germans in 1916 during World War I off Brittany, is held in Brest, France, on July 16, 2014.

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