Joint memorial service for WWII victims held on Iwojima

IWOJIMA, Japan - About 400 people, including Japanese and U.S. veterans, attend a Japan-U.S. memorial service at a cenotaph on Iwojima Island, about 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo, on March 14 for those who died in the fierce fighting on the Japanese island during World War II. About 49,000 Japanese and Americans lost their lives in what was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

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