Okinawa Battle Victims Remembered on 80th Anniv. of U.S. Landing

Zamami, Okinawa Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles in the southwestern Japan prefecture during World War II. Bereaved families and others prayed for peace and the victims of the ground battles during the ceremony,...

Okinawa Battle Victims Remembered on 80th Anniv. of U.S.  Landing
Zamami, Okinawa Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles in the southwestern Japan prefecture during World War II. Bereaved families and others prayed for peace and the victims of the ground battles during the ceremony,...