Paper cranes at Himeyuri Peace Museum 
posted by Ken and Alice at 5:37 AM
Sunday, March 13, 2005
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- Name: Ken and Alice
- Location: Summerville, South Carolina, United States
I am retired after 41 years of government service, 22 years of it overseas. My wife and I live in Summerville, SC.
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The Himeyuri Museum near Itoman is a memorial to the students of a womens' high school. When the battle of Okinawa began 222 students, ages 15-18, and 18 teachers were inducted into units of the Okinawa Army Field Hospital, to care for the wounded and to bury the dead. A series of retreats and forced marches led them to the hospital's final location in caves south of Itoman, where 226 of the original 240 students and teachers died.
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