By TAKAO NOGAMI/ Staff Writer
July 28, 2021 at 18:05 JST
Yame Mayor Tsuneyuki Mitamura offers incense on July 27 for crew members of a U.S. B-29 bomber who died after their plane was shot down in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture. Pieces of the aircraft were said to be scattered in the forest. (Takao Nogami)
YAME, Fukuoka Prefecture--Twelve U.S. service members who either died or were executed as prisoners of war after their bomber was shot down near the end of World War II were honored in a memorial service here on July 27. [Read More]
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