Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

Relatives of those who died on Iwojima during World War II offer flowers at a memorial service for the war dead hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Iwoto Island on Oct. 15, 2015. More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers died on the island, now called Iwoto, in one of the fiercest battles toward the end of WWII. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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