People pray on anniversary of end of Battle of Okinawa

People pray on anniversary of end of Battle of Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - People at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, pray for peace on June 23 to mark the 56th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces. More than 200,000 people died in the fierce ground battle in the closing stages of World War II.

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