Exact location unknown.  On the south west corner of the island on the inland side of the coastal road, south of Fusaki Beach and overlooking the nearby island of Iriomote Monument

Dedicated on 15 August, 2001, three six-foot tall stone triangles that symbolize the rising of spirits to heaven, with two large plaques in English and Japanese, commemorating the following incident:

Apr. 15, 1945, TBM (#68767, Makassar Strait CVE-91) crashed offshore Ohama, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa-ken. Lt.(jg) Vernon L. TEBO, ARM1/c Warren H. LOYD and AMM1/c Robert TUGGLE Jr. were taken prisoners by the Japanese Navy garrison on the island. On that night, Lt. TEBO and TUGGLE were beheaded, and LOYD was murdered by stabbing by many Japanese soldiers for bayonet practice. Two years after the war, this incident was brought to light, and the former Japanese Navy Ishigaki Island Garrison Commander, Capt. Otohiko INOUE and 45 other Japanese soldiers were prosecuted. At the War Crimes Trial, 41 were sentenced to death. Later, by commutation, 7 were sentenced to death, 3 officers and 29 men were sentenced to 5 years to life imprisonment.

On the morning of April 15, 1945, in the closing days of World War II, a Grumman TBF Avenger, assigned to the carrier USS Makassar Strait, was shot down off the costs of Ishigaki Island by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The three aviators parachuted in to the water near Ohama and swam to a coral reef where they were captured by Japanese sailors. After being interrogated and tortured they were executed during the night at the foot of Mount Banna, at the Imperial Navy Headquarters. The torture of prisoners of war was a violation of the Geneva Convention, the rules of war signed by the international community in 1929. Vernon L.Tebo and Robert Tuggle Jr. were beheaded. Warren H.Loyd was beaten and stabbed with bayonets by numerous numbers of sailors and soldiers. This incident was a tragedy which took place during war.

Lt. Vernon L. Tebo, 28, a Navy pilot of Illinois
Aviation Radioman 1st Class Warren H. Loyd, 24, of Kansas
Aviation Ordnance 1st Class Robert Tuggle Jr, 20, of Texas

To console the spirits of the three fallen American service members and to honor their deaths, we jointly dedicate this monument in the hope that this memorial stone will contribute to the everlasting peace and friendship between Japan and the United States, and that this monument will serve as a cornerstone to convey to future generations our keen desire for eternal peace in the world and our determination to renounce war".

August 15 2001