Residents are seen during a sit-in protest to block a trailer carrying a U.S. At its peak, thousands of people sat down in protest, and the struggle went on for about 100 days in all. Army Sagami General Depot for about a month and a half. Even after the tank had retreated, some residents put up tents to continue demonstrating outside the U.S. At the time, the events on Murasame Bridge were widely reported on TV and in newspapers.
The tank was taken back to the base after spending three days, beginning in the early hours of Aug. military's actions on the basis it was using a vehicle that exceeded public road weight limits. As part of the community action, the Yokohama Municipal Government also reportedly resisted the U.S. Then, in 1972, a group staged a sit-down protest on the Murasame Bridge located right in front of the Yokohama North Dock, and stopped a tank headed there. The city's residents were furious when they learned that tanks used in the war, reportedly arriving with chunks of human flesh still stuck to them, were being repaired and then sent back into battle from Japan. After they were completed, the vehicles were then loaded onto trailers and transported by public roads in the dead of night to the port in Yokohama, where they would then be dispatched back to the frontlines in Vietnam. Army Sagami General Depot in Sagamihara for repairs. This is a topic we should be questioning now."Īt the time of the demonstration, tanks being used in the Vietnam War by U.S. Speaking to the Mainichi Shimbun, he said, "When people say to me that this is a topic from long ago, it worries me.
The film's producer, 46-year-old Kazuhiro Koike, was shocked when he learned about this episode in the history of his local area. military base in Sagamihara? A newly completed documentary film, "Sensha Toso Sagamihara, Yokohama 1972-202x," aims to answer some of these questions and shed light on the events of 48 years ago. But how did they stop the tank, and why is there a U.S.
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