Himeyuri Students
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The Himeyuri Students (Himeyuri Gakutotai) was a unit of the nursing in the Battle of Okinawa. 222 students and 18 teachers of former Okinawa Daiichi Women's High School and Okinawa Shihan Women's School were mobilized by the Japanese army in March 23, 1945. But, on June 18, suddenly they were dissolved. And in the early morning of June 19, most of them were killed by the gas shell thrown by the US forces in the Ibara third surgery shelter. The survivors were threw themselves from the precipitous cliff because of the terror of the US soldiers. To mourn for them the Himeyuri Monument was built on April 7, 1946.
[edit] See also
- Battle of Okinawa
- Himeyuri Monument
- Himeyuri Peace Museum
[edit] External links
- Himeyuri Peace Museum
- Himeyuri Gakutotai
- Himeyuri Monument and the third army field hospital in cave
