Memorial War Victims Woleai
This memorial commemorates the thousands of casualties among the Japanese garrison of Woleai. Of the 6,426 soldiers on the island, only 1,650 survived the Allied bombings, hunger and sickness in the period 1944-1945.
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- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: 禁樹なずな
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