Okinawa commemorates victims of 1945 Battle of Okinawa

Okinawa commemorates victims of 1945 Battle of Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Bereaved families of those who died during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa pray for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial in Itoman, Japan, on June 23, 2014. Some 200,000 people died in the Battle of Okinawa, which started March 26, 1945, and ended on June 23 that year.

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