Okinawa commemorates victims of 1945 Battle of Okinawa

Okinawa commemorates victims of 1945 Battle of Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers flowers at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Japan, on June 23, 2014, to mark the anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Some 200,000 people died in the Battle of Okinawa that started March 26, 1945 and ended June 23, 1945.

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