US Edition80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
- Neal McCallum, a Marine veteran who landed on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and Kazuhiko Nakamoto are among those revisiting the sites of the Battle of Okinawa, which occurred from April 1 to June 22, 1945.
- The Battle of Okinawa, one of the most intense and deadly conflicts in the Pacific War, involved the US invasion force landing on the island and resulted in approximately 240,000 casualties, including civilians, Japanese troops, and American and allied forces.
- During the battle, US forces expended vast amounts of ammunition, including 1.1 million howitzer rounds, over half a million mortar rounds, more than 16 million machine gun rounds, and 9 million rifle bullets on the 23-square-kilometer island, with many civilians and Japanese troops hiding in caves to escape the fighting.
- Sites like the Okinawa Peace Park, the Okinawa Prefectural Archives spearheaded by Kazuhiko Nakamoto, and the Himeyuri Peace Museum, which tells the story of teenage girls from the Himeyuri Student Corps pressed into military service, document the events and aftermath of the battle, including the suicide of Vice Admiral Minoru Ota and 4,000 men on June 18, 1945.
- Ongoing efforts focus on recovering and identifying the remains of the fallen, though only six out of 1,400 sets of remains found in caves and battle sites have been identified, and individuals like Gushiken and Pawelski are involved in finding remains and honoring the sacrifices made during the battle, hoping to promote peace and remembrance, as McCallum stated, "There should be no more wars.
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80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
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