Okinawan veterans take look back at history

Nearly 90 visitors ages 60-90 years old from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association visit war-related sites on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 23. The veterans visited the Peace Garden and an old aircraft hanger. The group is unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

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Nearly 90 visitors ages 60-90 years old from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association visit war-related sites on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 23. The veterans visited the Peace Garden and an old aircraft hanger. The group is unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

Hideaki Sakihama, 18th Wing Public Affairs community relations specialist, reads to 90 visitors from a monument referring to Japan's surrender at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 23. The locals are from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association visiting war-related sites such as the Peace Garden and an old aircraft hanger. The group is unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

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Hideaki Sakihama, 18th Wing Public Affairs community relations specialist, reads to 90 visitors from a monument referring to Japan's surrender at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 23. The locals are from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association visiting war-related sites such as the Peace Garden and an old aircraft hanger. The group is unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

An Okinawan gazes at a monument during his visit to the war-related sites on Kadena Air Base, Japan July 23. Nearly 90 visitors ages 60-90 years old from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association visited the Peace Garden near the Youth Center and an old aircraft hanger near Gate 3. This group is very unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

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An Okinawan gazes at a monument during his visit to the war-related sites on Kadena Air Base, Japan July 23. Nearly 90 visitors ages 60-90 years old from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association visited the Peace Garden near the Youth Center and an old aircraft hanger near Gate 3. This group is very unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

Okinawans get a glimpse of an old aircraft hangar near Gate 3 at Kadena Air Base, Japan July 23. Nearly 90 visitors ages 60-90 years old from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association toured to specific war-related sites on base. This group is very unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

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Okinawans get a glimpse of an old aircraft hangar near Gate 3 at Kadena Air Base, Japan July 23. Nearly 90 visitors ages 60-90 years old from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association toured to specific war-related sites on base. This group is very unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

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An Okinawan gazes at a monument during his visit to the war-related sites on Kadena Air Base, Japan July 23. Nearly 90 visitors ages 60-90 years old from the Okinawa Prefectural Disabled Veterans Association visited the Peace Garden near the Youth Center and an old aircraft hanger near Gate 3. This group is very unique as they served in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, sustained injuries in the war, and have been receiving military pensions from the Government of Japan. They were not directly deployed to Okinawa during the war, but drafted from here to serve in the Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

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Okinawan veterans take look back at history