War remains recovery volunteer touts importance of keeping Battle of Okinawa lessons alive
September 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Takamatsu Gushiken explaining remains recovery while showing photographs at Asato Catholic Church on September 24.
On September 24, representative Takamatsu Gushiken of the Gamafuya, a volunteer group dedicated to the recovery of Battle of Okinawa remains, held a lecture at Asato Catholic Church in Asato, Naha City. About 60 people attended the lecture, during which Gushiken explained that remains recovery is significant because it can teach people about the succession of the Battle of Okinawa.
He said: “When children see the bones with their own eyes, they can feel the reality that this was a battle site.
It makes them question, ‘Why did these people have to be killed?’”
Back in 2009, he displayed some photographs of remains recovery in Makabi, Naha City, while explaining that, “human bones fell apart as they were brought out [of the ground].
” He said he felt the true ferocity of the battle from studying the damaged remains of the Japanese and American soldiers.
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September 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Takamatsu Gushiken explaining remains recovery while showing photographs at Asato Catholic Church on September 24.
On September 24, representative Takamatsu Gushiken of the Gamafuya, a volunteer group dedicated to the recovery of Battle of Okinawa remains, held a lecture at Asato Catholic Church in Asato, Naha City. About 60 people attended the lecture, during which Gushiken explained that remains recovery is significant because it can teach people about the succession of the Battle of Okinawa.
He said: “When children see the bones with their own eyes, they can feel the reality that this was a battle site.
It makes them question, ‘Why did these people have to be killed?’”
Back in 2009, he displayed some photographs of remains recovery in Makabi, Naha City, while explaining that, “human bones fell apart as they were brought out [of the ground].
” He said he felt the true ferocity of the battle from studying the damaged remains of the Japanese and American soldiers.
read more