Documentary on WWII female student corps screened in Okinawa

Documentary on WWII female student corps screened in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan, June 14 Kyodo - Sumi Matsumoto, head of the Shiraume alumni association, speaks in Naha on June 14 at the preview of a documentary film on female high school students recruited as nurses to serve in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The film features interviews and testimonies by surviving members of the Shiraume student nurse corps on their experiences.

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