High school students learn the footsteps of the sacrificed student squad in the Battle of Okinawa before the memorial day Naha June 16 14:36
Naha City is a peace study to learn the footsteps of the former prefectural prefectural first junior high school student corps who were mobilized and sacrificed in the Battle of Okinawa in front of "Memorial Day" on the 23rd of this month to commemorate war dead such as the Battle of Okinawa Opened in
During the Battle of Okinawa 75 years ago, at the former prefectural prefectural first junior high school, the predecessor of Prefectural Shuri High School in Naha City, 307 students and teachers were killed, including being mobilized as a student corps. It has been.
On the 16th before "Memorial Day", a peace study was held to learn the footprints of the students' group of Daiichi Junior High School. First, 40 first graders of Shuri High School who participated were in front of the memorial monument near the school. I offered my silence.
After this, the students spoke at an institution on the premises about the background of the formation of the student group and the experience of war from a commentator who was studying the student group.
At that time, I was studying the footsteps of the youth who had been mobilized for the sake of their country and lost their lives by looking at the photos of the students and their wills.
The boy student who participated said, "I want to think about what I can do for peace."
This peace study will be held until the 17th, and about 400 people, including the first year students of Shuri High School, will participate.