Elderly Palau woman talks about experience during WWII

Elderly Palau woman talks about experience during WWII

Maria Asanuma, a resident on Koro Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau, talks on March 27, 2015, about her experience during World War II when the island was under Japanese rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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