76th anniv. of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

76th anniv. of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

A woman prays in front of a monument at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2021, the 76th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. The names of over 200,000 people who lost their lives in the major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops are engraved on the monument.

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