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.