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A 90-year-old man of Japanese descent in the Philippines, who is stateless due to the turmoil after World War II, is on track to acquire long-sought Japanese citizenship, it was learned.
Visitors watch a video featuring accounts of former members of the Himeyuri Student Corps at the renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 12. (Minako Yoshimoto)
ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture A large painting of girls chatting and walking to the school gate through lush green leaves greets visitors at a renovated museum dedicated to female student nurses mobilized during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.
The Himeyuri Peace Museum here reopened on April 12 after staff members born after the war renewed exhibits to better convey the experiences of the Himeyuri (star lily) Student Corps to younger generations.
A painting of girls walking to the school gate through green leaves greets visitors to the renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture. (Minako Yoshimoto)
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Military veterans including (from left) Jacob Martinez, Irma Davila, Yvonne Dunn, John Roberts, George Varra, Talantino Angelosante and Duane Vigus (not pictured) of the Beeville Iran Afghanistan Veterans Organization and VFW Post 9170 participated April 10 in a virtual march commemorating the Bataan Death March. Since COVID-19 restrictions prevented the annual march that has taken place since 1989 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, groups this year were encouraged to hold their own smaller, virtual marches. The Beeville contingent hiked at Colorado Bend State Park in the Texas Hill Country. (Contributed photo by Duane Vigus)
By John Roberts
Special to the Bee-Picayune