U.S. veterans offer silent prayer

U.S. veterans offer silent prayer

ITOMAN, Japan - U.S. veterans offer a silent prayer near the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, on June 23 as they observe the 55th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces in 1945. The United States lost 14,000 soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa.

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