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  2. Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Peace Memorial Museum, Peace Prayer Park, and the Cornerstone of Peace were established in 1975 on Mabuni Hill, next to the "Suicide Cliffs" where the Battle of Okinawa ended. [1] The Cornerstone of Peace is a semi-circular avenue of stones engraved with the names of all the dead from the Battle of Okinawa, organized by nationality (or by ...

  3. Cornerstone of Peace - Wikipedia

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    Okinawa Prefectural Peace Park. The site chosen for the memorial is Mabuni Hill in Itoman City, site of the Japanese headquarters and scene of heavy fighting in late June 1945 at the end of the Battle of Okinawa. [2] [9] [10] The area forms part of the Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park (沖縄戦跡国定公園). [11]

  4. Himeyuri Peace Museum - Wikipedia

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    Himeyuri Peace Museum (ひめゆり平和祈念資料館, Himeyuri Heiwa Kinen Shiryōkan) opened in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1989. Located within Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park , it is dedicated to the Himeyuri Student Corps during the Battle of Okinawa and to the ideal of Peace .

  5. Okinawa Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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    Cornerstone of peace from a distance The Cornerstone of Peace, memorial to all those who died in the Battle of Okinawa. Okinawa Memorial Day (慰霊の日, Irei no Hi, lit. "the day to console the dead") is a public holiday observed in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture annually on June 23 to remember the lives lost during the Battle of Okinawa.

  6. Battle of Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    The Cornerstone of Peace Memorial with names of all military and civilians from all countries who died in the Battle of Okinawa Marines celebrate Victory over Japan Day on Okinawa, August 1945 Military historian and journalist Hanson W. Baldwin stated about scale and ferocity of the battle, especially for American forces, that: [ 113 ]

  7. Kamala Harris, Donald Trump meet again, shake hands at 9/11 ...

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    Trump toured the Shanksville 9/11 memorial shortly after Harris and Biden departed. He also visited the same firehouse. Harris and Biden also attended a memorial service at the Pentagon, another ...

  8. Trump posts campaign video of Arlington National Cemetery ...

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    The Trump campaign released a TikTok video of the former president's controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday where cemetery officials said, in a statement to ABC News, that a ...

  9. Himeyuri students - Wikipedia

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    The Himeyuri students (ひめゆり学徒隊, Himeyuri Gakutotai, Lily Princesses Student Corps), sometimes called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the Okinawa Daiichi (First) Girls' High School [] and Okinawa Shihan Women's School [] formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.