78th anniversary of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

A man prays in front of the Konpakunoto (tower of spirit) monument, where the ashes of the unidentified war dead are buried, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops.