当会宮崎連絡部長（曹洞宗 慈眼禅寺 副住職）を導師として、総員15名にて厳かに執り行うことができました。

 

参列団体は下記の通りです。

 

・全国ソロモン会 沖縄自主派遣隊

　派遣隊長以下10名

・特定非営利活動法人JYMA日本青年遺骨収集団

　学生隊幹部4名

・沖縄県隊友会

　事務局長

 

なお、当会沖縄地区協力者・又吉様による事前清掃のお蔭で、直ちにテント設営ができました。この場をお借りして感謝申し上げます。

 

本年3月には「ブーゲンビル島戦第二次タロキナ作戦」80周忌を迎えるにあたり、当会所管の同島戦没者に対し、自主派遣隊による慰霊を捧げました。

 

また、法要前には同慰霊碑の清掃奉仕活動を実施しました。さらに法要後には、第32軍司令部壕にて拝礼、ついで沖縄県護國神社を参拝、沖縄戦全戦没者に対する慰霊祭を斎行しました。

 

ご覧の皆さまのご理解に感謝申し上げます。

 

 

【 Kansai Branch Okinawa Voluntary Dispatch Activities 】《Day 3・Final day》

 

On February 9th (Fri.), despite the tropical rain, our team held a Buddhist-style memorial service at the Bougainville Island Veterans Monument located in the Mabuni Hill Peace Memorial Park in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture.

 

The ceremony was solemnly held with 15 members, led by our Liaison Director in Miyazaki (Deputy Chief Priest of Sotoshu-Sect Jigenzenji Temple).

 

Participating organizations are as follows.

 

・All Japan Solomon Association, Okinawa Voluntary Dispatch

　10 members including the Dispatch Leader

・NPO Japan Youth Memorial Association(JYMA)

　4 students executives

・ Veteran Coopertion Association of Okinawa

　Secretary General

 

Additionally, thanks to the preliminary cleaning by Mr. Matayoshi, our partner in Okinawa, we were able to set up the tent immediately. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you.

 

In March of this year, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Second Battle of Bougainville Island, Operation Tarokina, our voluntary dispatched members dedicated a memorial service to those who died on the island under our jurisdiction of the ex-17th Army and the ex-8th Fleet.

 

In addition, before the memorial service, a volunteer activity to clean up the cenotaph was carried out. After the memorial service, they prayed at the 32nd Army headquarters trench, then visited Gokoku Shrine of Okinawa Prefecture, where they held a memorial service for all those who died in the Battle of Okinawa.

 

Your understanding is highly appreciated.