U.S. Department of the Interior investigates seven Okinawan POWs in Hawaii
On December 7 at the Okinawa Prefectural Office, Rebecca Rinas of the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior (center) held a press meeting.
December 8, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
For the first time starting on December 8, the U.S. Department of the Interior will conduct interviews with seven former Okinawan prisoners of war in order to preserve memories of Honouliuli POW Camp in Hawaii during World War II.
The site of the camp is designated as a national historic site in the United States. These testimonies will be used at a historical museum in the future.
During the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, more than 3,000 captives from Okinawa were transferred to Oahu, and many were placed at the Honouliuli camp.
The camp was closed shortly after the war, but the site was designated as a national historic site in 2015.
As there is a plan to make the camp into a national park, Rebecca Rinas of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior visited Okinawa to investigate.
On December 7, Rinas held a press meeting and told the prefectural office that it is important to listen to the POWs’ experiences directly in proceeding with the plan.
She voiced a desire to know under what circumstances they became captives and about their experiences in the camp.
The department will interview one or two people a day until the 13th and videotape the interviews.
(English translation by T&CT and Megumi Chibana)
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