Kato Jinen, an Onomichi Tourist Association board member and Buddhist priest, offers prayers to the British and American troops who lived in the former Mukaishima POW Sub-Camp No. 4 as part of a POW memorial and rededication ceremony April 15, 2013. The ceremony opened with a guitar rendition
of “Amazing Grace,” followed by remarks by Mitsuo Minamizawa, Onomichi Red Brick Society and Japan- U.K. Friendship Monument Society chairman, followed by both a Christian and Buddhist invocation. Once unveiled, a floral tribute commenced
with bouquets laid at the base of the memorial, followed by guest remarks and a song by students from the Mukaishima Chuo Elementary School.
Date Taken: | 04.15.2013 |
Date Posted: | 04.26.2013 00:42 |
Photo ID: | 915456 |
VIRIN: | 130415-M-XR064-121 |
Resolution: | 4752x3168 |
Size: | 3.44 MB |
Location: | IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
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