"Battle of Okinawa" survivor recounts war experience for students

"Battle of Okinawa" survivor recounts war experience for students

Yoshiko Shimabukuro explains her traumatic experience in the Battle of Okinawa at the end of World War II to high school students on an excursion at the Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken on March 22, 2015. The majority of over 220 high school girls mobilized as nursing aides died in the battle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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