80 Years After The War / Junior High School Badge Found in Natural Cave in Okinawa; Finder Hopes DNA Analysis Can Determine Family for Return

80 Years After The War / Junior High School Badge Found in Natural Cave in Okinawa; Finder Hopes DNA Analysis Can Determine Family for Return

ITOMAN, Okinawa — Along with the remains of people who died in World War II, a badge from a junior high school was found recently in a gama, which in the Okinawa dialect means natural cave, in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture.

[The Battle of Okinawa: An Emergency Interview] (6) Masanori Nakano (81), President of the Prefectural First High School Himeyuri Peace Memorial Foundation, said he was speechless when he heard Senator Masashi Nishida's remarks about Himeyuri. The accuracy of his "explanation" can be checked in the "Guidebook" published by the museum.

Eli Helen Endresen's father was torpedoed during World War II. 80 years later, the captain and all the other war sailors in the Stavanger region are finally getting a memorial for their efforts.