Victims of Battle of Okinawa mourned 81 years on

ITOMAN, OKINAWA – A memorial ceremony was held in Okinawa on Tuesday to mourn some 200,000 people who died in a fierce ground battle fought in the southernmost Japan prefecture 81 years ago in the late stage of the Pacific War, part of World War II.

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