Okinawa man talks about misery of war

Okinawa man talks about misery of war

Eiki Ishikawa speaks about misery he experienced during the Battle of Okinawa in the closing days of World War II in which he narrowly survived shelling from U.S. warships, as seen in this photo taken on Feb. 17, 2015, at his home in Uruma in the southernmost Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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