Head of war museum in Okinawa

Head of war museum in Okinawa

Photo taken May 24, 2018, shows Chokei Futenma, head of the Himeyuri peace memorial museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture. Futenma is the first director born after World War II in charge of the museum dedicated to hand down the stories of Himeyuri Gakutotai, a nursing unit consisting of female students and teachers mobilized during the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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