Okinawa marks WWII battle anniv.

Okinawa marks WWII battle anniv.

An Okinawa resident touches a cenotaph, which carries names of victims of the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in the southwestern Japan city of Itoman, on June 22, 2016, the eve of the 71st anniversary of the end of a bloody World War II ground battle. Itoman is the site of the final stage of the battle that claimed over 200,000 lives, including one-fourth of the Okinawan population. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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