Ex-Imperial Japanese Army soldier recounts Battle of Okinawa

Ex-Imperial Japanese Army soldier recounts Battle of Okinawa

Hajime Kondo, an ailing 95-year-old former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, recounts his experience in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa during World War II at a hospital in Kuwana in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie on June 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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