High school boy reads poem of peace at Battle of Okinawa ceremony

High school boy reads poem of peace at Battle of Okinawa ceremony

Masaru Chinen, a high school student, reads a poem of peace during a ceremony in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 23, 2015, to commemorate victims in the Battle of Okinawa in the closing days of World War II. The day marked the 70th anniversary of the end of ground fighting in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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