22-09-2017 12:05 via staradvertiser.com

Hawaii visit a pilgrimage for families of WWII soldiers

Dozens of descendants of Japanese soldiers killed in World War II arrived in Hawaii Thursday to pay respects to U.S. war dead.
Nippon Izokukai, the Bereaved Family Association of Japan, sent 36 children, grandchildren and other relatives of fallen Japanese soldiers to the U.S. to mark the 70th anniversary of the group’s founding.
The visitors laid flowers at the USS Arizona Memorial after touring the Pacific Aviation Museum and the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor. Today they will visit the Na
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