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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
southern Japan, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Takamatsu Gushiken shows a piece of human bones he found in the past, the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards ...
Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...
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Volunteer searching for WWII dead in Japanese caves unearths remains of hundreds of people
Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, he ...
Volunteer discovers over a thousand World War II casualties’ remains which await identification
Takamatsu Gushiken has spent years voluntarily locating bodies, and fragments of bodies, of World War II victims in Japan’s ...
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Explosion shakes Okinawa wharf as Japan clears unexploded WWII ordnance
Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa's economic ... Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for. That's about half of ...
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Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of fiercest battles of World War II
As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa's economic, educational and social development ... Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted ...