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  2. Battle of Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] The most complete tally of deaths during the battle is at the Cornerstone of Peace monument at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum , which identifies the names of each individual who died at Okinawa in World War II.

  3. Hacksaw Ridge - Wikipedia

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    During the Battle of Okinawa, they are tasked with ascending and securing the Maeda Escarpment ("Hacksaw Ridge"). During the initial fight, with heavy losses on both sides, Desmond saves the life of his squad-mate Smitty, earning his respect.

  4. Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum - Wikipedia

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    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 ethnicity for Chinese, Taiwanese, Koreans, and Okinawans). The Memorial Path includes 32 memorial monuments as well as the place where Lieutenant General Ushima died by suicide.

  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. Cornerstone of Peace - Wikipedia

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    The Cornerstone of Peace, memorial to all those who died in the Battle of Okinawa. The Cornerstone of Peace is a monument in Itoman commemorating the Battle of Okinawa and the role of Okinawa during World War II. The names of over two hundred and forty thousand people who lost their lives are inscribed on the memorial.

  7. 22 artifacts looted after the Battle of Okinawa ... - AOL

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    BOSTON (AP) — Twenty-two historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have been returned to Japan after a family from Massachusetts discovered them in ...

  8. Desmond Doss - Wikipedia

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    During the Battle of Okinawa, he saved the lives of 50–100 wounded infantrymen atop the area known by the 96th Division as the Maeda Escarpment or Hacksaw Ridge. [14] Doss was wounded four times in Okinawa , [ 15 ] and was evacuated on May 21, 1945, aboard the USS Mercy . [ 16 ]

  9. Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign - Wikipedia

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    27,113 dead or missing, 74,501 wounded, 79 ships sunk and scrapped, 773 aircraft destroyed Casualties from Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa: 98,811–128,375 dead or missing, 17,000 wounded, 7,216 captured, 21 ships sunk and scrapped, 3,130 aircraft destroyed, 75,000–140,000 civilians dead or missing

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