JAPANESE WAR DEAD.—Religious rites of Japanese war dead are being held on Pacific islands seven years after the end of World War II. The Japanese ship, Nippon Maru, carrying a team of Government officials and Shinto priests, is making a trip round the islands to bring home the remains of Japanese servicemen. The picture shows a Shinto priest dedicating a stone monument to the war dead on Otori Island.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26986, 11 March 1953, Page 10
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69JAPANESE WAR DEAD.—Religious rites of Japanese war dead are being held on Pacific islands seven years after the end of World War II. The Japanese ship, Nippon Maru, carrying a team of Government officials and Shinto priests, is making a trip round the islands to bring home the remains of Japanese servicemen. The picture shows a Shinto priest dedicating a stone monument to the war dead on Otori Island. Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26986, 11 March 1953, Page 10
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