Elderly woman serves as storyteller based on WWII Battle of Okinawa

Elderly woman serves as storyteller based on WWII Battle of Okinawa

Masako Onishi, pictured in Naha in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on April 24, 2015, serves as a storyteller to stress the importance of life to young people based on her experience during the Battle of Okinawa in the closing days of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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