| 昭和14年(1939年)、ヨーロッパで第2次世界大戦が勃発すると、日本も昭和16年にアメリカに宣戦し、太平洋戦争に突入した。瑞穂町も戦時体制下におかれ、町内に軍事施設が多数建設された。石畑・殿ケ谷地区南方の畑作地帯には、昭和15年に多摩飛行場が建設され、陸軍の新鋭機や試作機の試験飛行が行われた。昭和16年には石畑地区の狭山谷に陸軍の射撃場が建設され、陸軍兵士の射撃訓練が行われた。これらの施設は、いずれも｢お国のため｣に半強制的に用地買収され､建設されたものであった。 | In 1939, when World War II broke out in Europe, Japan also declared war against the United States in 1941, and entered into the Pacific War. Mizuho was placed under the wartime regime also, and many military facilities were built in the town. In the dry-field farming areas south of Ishihata and Tonogaya districts, Tama Airfield was built in 1940, and test flights were carried out for the Imperial Army's state-of-the-art aircraft and prototypes. In 1941, the army's shooting range was built in Sayama valley of the Ishihata district, and military shooting practice was carried out. All these facilities were built on blocks of land which had been requisitioned on a semi-compulsory basis "for the sake of the country". |
| 戦争中、瑞穂町は大規模爆撃による空襲被害は受けなかったものの、町民は耐乏生活を強いられた。戦争末期になると、政府は学童の集団疎開を決定し、昭和19年瑞穂町も疎開先の一つとして指定され、品川区城南第二小学校の児童を受け入れた。 | During wartime, although Mizuho town escaped large-scale bombing damage, its townspeople had to endure austerity. Towards the end of the war, the government decided to evacuate school children. In 1944, Mizuho was specified as a destination site for evacuees, and the town accepted the children from the Jonan Second Elementary School of Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. |