U.S. Marines, Okinawa citizens honor World War II casualties | Ie Shima Lighthouse Memorial Service 2024
May 01, 2024
May 01, 2024
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news:
IE SHIMA, OKINAWA, Japan -
U.S. Marines, Japanese coast guardsmen, and Okinawan officials honored the casualties of WWII during the annual Ie Shima Lighthouse Memorial Service on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, April 21.
Seventy-nine years ago, during the Okinawa campaign of WWII, a lighthouse keeper and eight of his family members were . . .
IE SHIMA, OKINAWA, Japan -
U.S. Marines, Japanese coast guardsmen, and Okinawan officials honored the casualties of WWII during the annual Ie Shima Lighthouse Memorial Service on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, April 21.
Seventy-nine years ago, during the Okinawa campaign of WWII, a lighthouse keeper and eight of his family members were . . .