Onomichi site serves as POW memorial

Kato Jinen, left, an Onomichi Tourist Association board member and Buddhist priest, and two other priests offers prayers for 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, on the sight of the camp. The theme of the ceremony focused on passing an understanding of the sacrifices made by the departed to future generations.

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Onomichi site serves as POW memorial

May 8, 2013

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Kato Jinen, left, an Onomichi Tourist Association board member and Buddhist priest, and two other priests offers prayers for 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, on the sight of the camp. The theme of the ceremony focused on passing an understanding of the sacrifices made by the departed to future generations.

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