Memorial held for 18 children killed in US military plane crash at Miyamori Elementary School 62 years ago

Memorial held for 18 children killed in US military plane crash at Miyamori Elementary School 62 years ago

Students of Miyamori Elementary School in Ishikawa, Uruma City, offering 1,000 paper cranes and flowers to the Nakayoshi Jizo statue. Photographed at 8:33 a.m. on August 30.


June 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

Uruma City, Okinawa—62 years ago on June 30, a U.S. military jet crashed into a residential area and the Miyamori Elementary School in Ishikawa, Uruma City (former Ishikawa City), killing 18 children. On its anniversary, the Miyamori Elementary School Children’s Association held a memorial assembly. Students who attended the memorial offered prayers and flowers to the Nakayoshi Jizo statue engraved with the names of the deceased children.

 

About 150 fifth and sixth graders attended the memorial assembly. Afterward, the sixth-grade students took turns ringing the Peace Bell in memory of the children who lost their lives in the crash and renewed their pledge for peace. Hikaru Ikehara, 12, who rang the bell first, said, “Now that I understand the incident better, I’m more afraid than when I was in first grade. I hope it doesn’t happen again.”

 

(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)

 

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