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(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers a flower at a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itomanin, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23 to mark the 57th anniversary of the end of the battle of Okinawa. The fierce ground battle, in which about one-third of Okinawa's population of 450,000 died, was the only one fought against the Allied forces on civilian-occupied land in Japan during World War II.

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(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers a flower at a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itomanin, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23 to mark the 57th anniversary of the end of the battle of Okinawa. The fierce ground battle, in which about one-third of Okinawa's population of 450,000 died, was the only one fought against the Allied forces on civilian-occupied land in Japan during World War II.

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