U.S. Marines pay tribute to victims of 1945 Battle of Okinawa

U.S. Marines pay tribute to victims of 1945 Battle of Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Retired Brig. Gen. William McCulloch offers a wreath in a ceremony on June 17 at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Zukeran in Okinawa Prefecture to pay tribute to those who died in the Battle of Okinawa, which ended in June 1945. Officers of the U.S. Marine Corps in Japan, war veterans and bereaved relatives attended the ceremony.

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