Japanese organisation marks 50th anniversary of stopping transportation of US tanks to Vietnam
A ceremony celebrating the 50th year since people of Japan's Kanagawa prefecture blocked the transportation of tanks that the US military intended to send to the battlefield in South Vietnam, was held by the Peace Committee of Kanagawa on December 18.
In the framework of the commemoration, the committee exhibits photos on the movement for peace of Kanagawa’s people. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – A ceremony celebrating the 50th year since people of Japan's Kanagawaprefecture blocked the transportation of tanks that the US military intended to sendto the battlefield in South Vietnam, was held by the Peace Committee of Kanagawa on December 18.
During the event, participants recalledthe years of fighting for peace and protesting the US military's unjust war inVietnam.
In the early morningof August 5, 1972, the authority and people of Yokohama city of Kanagawa gatheredtogether to prevent the US military from moving five M-48 tanks from Sagamiharalogistics warehouse to the port for transporting to the battlefield in Vietnam, on the grounds that they exceeded public road weight limits under Japanese laws. The US military was forced to bring the tanks backto the warehouse, and could not deliver them toVietnam as planned.
Toshikazu Maru, a member of the committee, highlightedthe significance of the commemoration, saying that it sends out a messagereminding young people of the two countries to not forget history and joinhands for peace for the mankind.
He recalled that peaceorganisations of Kanagawa prefecture were indignant when Japan became a basefor invasion activities of the US imperialists, so the people of the Japanese locality strictly monitored activitiesof US military bases in the prefecture and joined demonstrations to support theVietnamese people's struggle for national liberation.
In the framework of the commemoration, the committee exhibited photos on themovement for peace of Kanagawa’s people.
🔯 As a non-profit organisation operatingon the principle of peace, for many years, the committee has organised the commemoration of the event every five years, contributing to disseminate patriotism and calling on young people of the two countries to join hands to prevent risksthat may lead to war in the future./.
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In the framework of the commemoration, the committee exhibits photos on the movement for peace of Kanagawa’s people. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
