75 years ago Okinawa battle experienced people continue to tell online Tokyo June 28, 18:13
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75 years ago, in order to tell the story of the Battle of Okinawa where more than 200,000 people died, an event was held in Tokyo where the testimony of the experienced person was transmitted online amid the influence of the new coronavirus.
This event was held by a civic group that recorded the testimonies of those who experienced the war such as the Battle of Okinawa and introduced them in various places.
This time, Yoneko Uehara (93), a person who experienced Okinawa battle and has been a storyteller for many years under the influence of the new coronavirus, talked about her own experience online from her home in Okinawa.
Ms. Uehara, who was mobilized as a "Nagoran student corps" at the age of 17 when she was a student at a high school, showed a picture of the situation at the time and treated Japanese soldiers in the dark field hospital. He told us about this and the painful experience of having to leave the hospital with some injuries left.
On top of that, Mr. Uehara said, "War should never be done. I do not want children to have the same experience again. I hope a peaceful era will last forever."
When she heard Uehara-san's testimony at the venue in Tokyo, a 4th-year college student at a university said, “I had a difficult experience that I couldn't bear and I wanted to continue to live a peaceful life without war.”
This time, in addition to the people who gathered at the venue, about 170 people participated online, so Junko Nakata, who held the event, "The Battlefield Experience Preservation Society", "It was the first attempt due to the influence of the new coronavirus. However, it was a valuable opportunity to listen lively to the stories of people who experienced war, no matter where in Japan or overseas. I would like to expand this initiative."