Okinawa observes 54th Memorial Day

Okinawa observes 54th Memorial Day

People pray before a stone cenotaph bearing the names of war dead at Okinawa Peace Park in Itoman on June 23 as Okinawa observed its Memorial Day, the 54th anniversary of the end of ground battles between Japanese and U.S. forces that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people on the island.

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