The bell, which is said to have been taken home by a US military officer during the Battle of Okinawa 76 years ago, was donated to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum by an NPO that has been carrying out return activities.

The donation was a bell that was allegedly taken home by Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger, the US Marine Corps who commanded the Battle of Okinawa 76 years ago.



An NPO that is engaged in the return of cultural assets brought back to its home country as loot by US soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa will be returned after negotiations with Maj. Gen. Geiger's grandson for five years.

The bell was carried by air from the United States and arrived at the Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha City on the morning of the 3rd, and staff members were slowly unloading the wooden box containing the bell from the vehicle.



The size of the bell is about 60 cm and the weight is about 60 kg. The owner is unknown, and museum staff and others will investigate it in detail in the future.



Shizuo Kishaba, the chairman of the NPO "Ryukyu History Study Group," said, "I feel that one of the treasures of Ryukyu has finally returned. I was talking.