US EditionOKINAWA, THE LAST BATTLE, Part Two: Facing The Shuri Line
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OKINAWA, THE LAST BATTLE, Part Two: Facing The Shuri Line
Where were the Japanese? Instead of becoming casualties chopped up in the surf, befuddled GIs and Marines strolled onto the Hagushi beaches walking upright. Other than the occasional report of sniper fire, they faced, in the words of Time correspondent Robert Sherrod, “slightly more opposition than they would have had in maneuvers off the coast of California.” Wrote journalist Ernie Pyle, “medical corpsmen were sitting among their sacks of banda…
[Urasoe] On May 21, Urasoe City Superintendent of Education Ken Mekari (67) performed a one-man play, "Ikusayunu Yukkanuhi," at Minatogawa Elementary School, conveying the tragedy of the Battle of Okinawa and the preciousness of peace. While talking about the state of Okinawa before and after the war, he gave a passionate performance as an "uncle" who conveyed the sadness of losing his family in the Battle of Okinawa, and called on people to "ch…
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