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Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Cruz, 36th Airlift Squadron senior enlisted leader, and Lt. Col. Andrew Edmund, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, perform an incense offering as part of the U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service June 24, 2023, at Mt. Shizuhata, Shizuoka City, Japan. The memorial service provided participants the opportunity to honor those who lost their lives during a World War II air raid on June 20, 1945. During the raid, two U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress aircraft collided mid-air over Shizuoka City, resulting in the death of 23 Airmen on board the aircraft and over 2,000 Japanese residents during the raid itself. Representatives of the U.S. Air Force from Yokota Air Base, Japan Self Defense Force, and Shizuoka City rendered their respects to the Airmen and Japanese civilians who lost their lives and reflected on the strong alliance the U.S. and Japan have forged since the end of World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)
| Date Taken: | 06.23.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 06.30.2023 07:42 |
| Photo ID: | 7886840 |
| VIRIN: | 230624-F-ID959-1185 |
| Resolution: | 6131x4087 |
| Size: | 4.34 MB |
| Location: | SHIZUOKA CITY, SHIZUOKA, JP |
| Web Views: | 31 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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Mission Partners pay tribute at B-29 Memorial
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