Grandson of WWII Japanese army general talks about Battle of Okinawa

Elementary schoolteacher Sadamitsu Ushijima talks in Tokyo on March 7, 2015, about the 1945 Battle of Okinawa in the final days of World War II. Ushijima's grandfather, Mitsuru Ushijima, was an Imperial Japanese Army general and commander of the 32nd Army that fought in the battle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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