WWII survivor talks about internment in Okinawa

Kenichiro Miyazato talks to a group of high school students about a hospital in a World War II internment camp in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 13, 2015. Miyazato, 74, was interned at the camp set up by U.S. forces during ground battles in Japan's southernmost prefecture in the final months of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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