70th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

70th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

NAHA, Japan - Children release butterflies, a symbol of peace, in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Aug. 22, 2014, at a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 sinking of the Japanese ship "Tsushima Maru" in a U.S. submarine torpedo attack. The attack killed 1,485 people on board.

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