NAHA, Okinawa Pref. – The captain and crew of the French Navy destroyer Vendemiaire visited the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Monday and held a memorial service for two French sailors who died there in 1846, following illness.
The ceremony was a symbolic gesture to honor a promise made by the navy 154 years ago to return to the Ryukyu Kingdom to collect the sailors’ remains.
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