78th anniversary of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

A man prays in front of the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2023, on the 78th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops.

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