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    From execution to reconciliation - WWII US Airmen POWs memorialized in Japan by Family, Family of their executioners [Image 12 of 12]

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    From execution to reconciliation - WWII US Airmen POWs memorialized in Japan by Family, Family of their executioners

    FUKUOKA, FUKUOKA, JAPAN

    06.20.2025

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Connor Davis 

    U.S. Army Japan

    Group photo of the in-person attendees of a memorial ceremony honoring 42 extrajudicially executed World War II American POWs at Aburayama Kannon Temple, Fukuoka, Japan, June 20, 2025. Attendees included Family members of the executed Airmen POWs, Family members of two Japanese soldiers who participated in the executions, Soldiers from U.S. Army Japan, U.S. Forces Japan, U.S. Consulate Japan, Buddhist priests of Aburayama Kannon Temple, and a local Japanese resident who worked in the intelligence corps of the Western District Headquarters and who had met the American POWs.

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    Date Taken: 06.20.2025
    Date Posted: 07.01.2025 23:55
    Photo ID: 9143887
    VIRIN: 250620-A-QR356-6287
    Resolution: 6537x4360
    Size: 32.32 MB
    Location: FUKUOKA, FUKUOKA, JP

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