Survivors, Victims’ Families in Okinawa Pref. Mark 80 Years Since Sinking of Ship; U.S. Sub Attack Led to Deaths of Nearly 1,500 Evacuees in WWII

NAHA — Thursday marked 80 years since an evacuation ship with hundreds of schoolchildren aboard heading to Nagasaki Prefecture from Okinawa Prefecture was sunk by a U.S. submarine during World War II.