Kagoshima Chiran Special Attack Peace Center Alliance with Hawaiian Battleship Missouri Memorial August 15 14:01
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, a memorial hall in Hawaii displaying "Battleship Missouri" that was attacked in the Battle of Okinawa, and a "Kiran Tohoku Peace Hall" in Kagoshima Prefecture, which was the site of the base of the special attack corps, have formed a sister building tie-up. I was blown away.
The Chiran Tohoku Peace Center in Minamikyushu is built on the site of the former Army's Tohoku base and displays the members' relics.
The sister building tie-up with "Battleship Missouri Memorial" was conducted remotely on the 15th day of the end of the war, and Mayor Hiroyuki Nuriki of Minamikyushu City signed an agreement with the Hawaii side through the screen.
"Battleship Missouri" is known to have been attacked by Japanese military attack aircraft during the Battle of Okinawa, and on September 2, 1945, the signing ceremony for the surrender document was held on board.
Representatives "Battleship Missouri" battleship Missouri Preservation Society "in the signing ceremony is also where World War II ended, is a symbol of the strong ties of Japan and Hawaii.
Of this alliance to the machine, to continue peace I want to send a message."
The two memorial halls have been interacting with each other from the side of the “Battleship Missouri Memorial Hall” to presenting the fragments of the Zero Fighter that took a special attack and holding a joint project exhibition in Hawaii that displays the wills of the special attackers. , In the future, we will also promote the dispatch of curators.
Mayor Naki said, "I think that this is a very meaningful partnership in which we communicate the preciousness of peace while working together in the turning point of 75 years after the war."