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In Love and War: Memories of the Battle of Okinawa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Hirano Chizu
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TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo Prefecture–It was a strange time to fall in love. The Americans were about to land on Okinawa Prefecture for what would later be one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.

But Ohama Tatsuko says some of her most cherished moments came amid the horrors of the war, namely her walks on a beach in the prefecture with a student conscript, their hopes and promises for the future, and even the awkward moments trying to express their true feelings toward each other.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , April 2006 , e13
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