Relieved from the front lines after twelve days of battling the enemy on Okinawa is Marine Private First Class Harry Kizierian, June 2, 1945.
People prays for the victims in front of the Konpaku-no-oka, as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of the end of the 'Battle of Okinawa' on June 23,...
Woman prays for the war dead at 'Gama', the cave used as the evacuation place as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of the end of the 'Battle of...
People pray for the war dead at 'Gama', the cave used as the evacuation place as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of the end of the 'Battle of...
People prays for the victims in front of the Himeyuri-no-to, the memorial to commemorate teenage female students who attended the battle as nurses as...
People prays for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th...
Woman prays for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th...
Woman weeps in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of the...
People pray for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th...
People pray for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th...
Woman pray for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th...
People pray for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th...
People pray for the victims in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial at the 'Mabuni-no-oka', in Peace Memorial Park as Japan marks the 69th...
Okinawa civilians returning from hiding places in the hills following the invasion of the island by American soldiers.沖繩縣, 日本
Severely malnourished girl from Okinawa is given a sponge bath in a refugee camp on the island, which is part of south-west Japan.第二次世界大戰, 沖繩縣, 日本
Group of 6th Division Marines take cover behind a wall during their fight amid the wrecked homes and rubble of Naha, capital city of the Japanese...沖繩縣, 第二次世界大戰, 三軍
American infantrymen of the 77th Division of the 10th Army use spliced ladders to bridge a gulch on the road to the town of Shuri on the island of...
Overhead view of the gaping hole in the deck of the USS 'Bunker Hill' after it was dive-bombed by two Japanese Kamikaze planes off the shores of...沖繩縣, 神風特攻隊, 第二次世界大戰
View of clouds of black smoke rising from the USS 'Bunker Hill' aircraft carrier after it was hit twice by Japanese Kamikaze planes during World War...日本, 戰爭, 第二次世界大戰
Major General Lemuel Sheperd commander of the 6th US Marine Division reading a map on the Pacific island of Okinawa.沖繩縣, 第二次世界大戰
Simple medical care for refugees in Okinawa after their liberation from Japanese rule. Two of the women have tattoos on their hands.日本, 職業, 戰爭
Marines attacking a Japanese cave position with an explosive satchel charge during the Battle of Okinawa in Japan, May 23rd 1945.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lays flowers at the memorial ceremony for all the war dead of the Battle of Okinawa on June 23, 2026 in Itoman,...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lays flowers at the memorial ceremony for all the war dead of the Battle of Okinawa on June 23, 2026 in Itoman,...
At the memorial ceremony for all the war dead of the Battle of Okinawa, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki watches Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as she...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to the flower-offering altar at the memorial ceremony for all the war dead of the Battle of Okinawa on June 23,...
People press their hands together in prayer at the Cornerstone of Peace, engraved with the names of more than 240,000 war dead of the Battle of...
Many people visit the Cornerstone of Peace, which is engraved with the names of more than 240,000 war dead of the Battle of Okinawa, from early in...
Family visits the Cornerstone of Peace, which is engraved with the names of the war dead of the Battle of Okinawa, and presses their hands together...
Seiko Akamine , who lost his father in the Battle of Okinawa, presses his hands together in prayer toward the Konpaku-no-To monument, saying, "What I...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, at the...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, at the...
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki addresses a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, at the Peace...
People visit the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, during sunrise on June 23 the 81st anniversary of the end of the...
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi walks away from the Peace Park Memorial after laying flowers at the Okinawa memorial service for All War Dead,...高市早苗, 日本首相
People visit the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23 the 81st anniversary of...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture on June 23 during her visit to the southern Japan island...
Drone photo shows the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23 the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of...
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki walks to lay flowers at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23 the 81st...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lays flowers during a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pictured after laying flowers during a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, at the...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and other attendees offer silent prayers during a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pictured after laying flowers at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on...
Ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II is held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa...
Japanese soldiers line up for formal surrender ceremonies as U.S. Marines with tommy guns and fixed bayonets stand guard, Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa,...
Members of the Giretsu Kutei Tai, are seen before its attack to the U.S. Occupied Okinawa at the end of the WWII on May 24, 1945 in Kengun, Kumamoto,...
Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr commander of United States Tenth Army and Major General Lemuel C Shepherd Jr , commanding general of 6th...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at the memorial service for all those who died in the Battle of Okinawa on June 23, 2025 in Itoman,...
Children visit the “Cornerstone of Peace,” where the names of the war dead are engraved and light candles on the night before the 80th anniversary of...
People pray at the "Cornerstone of Peace" engraved with the names of the war dead on the night before the 80th anniversary of the end of Battle of...
People visit the “Cornerstone of Peace” where the names of the war dead are engraved on the night before the 80th anniversary of the end of Battle of...
Searchlights with wishes for peace are illuminated in the night sky at the Peace Memorial Park on the night before the 80th anniversary of the end of...
Many families visit the fire burning in the “Peace Plaza” of the Peace Memorial Park early in the morning on the 80th anniversary of the end of...
Cornerstone of Peace" with the names of the war dead engraved on the day before the 80th anniversary of the end of Battle of Okinawa on June 22, 2025...
Children visit the “Cornerstone of Peace,” where the names of the war dead are engraved and light candles on the night before the 80th anniversary of...
Flames burning at the “Peace Plaza” in the Peace Memorial Park on the night before the 80th anniversary of the end of Battle of Okinawa on June 22,...
Searchlights with wishes for peace are illuminated in the night sky at the Peace Memorial Park on the night before the 80th anniversary of the end of...
Searchlights with wishes for peace are illuminated in the night sky at the Peace Memorial Park on the night before the 80th anniversary of the end of...
