Descent Into Hell: Civilian Memories of the Battle of Okinawa

by Ryukyu Shimpo

Concerned about the need to record and explain the experiences of Okinawans caught up in the Battle of Okinawa, in 1983 the local Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper carried out several hundred interviews with survivors. With explanatory comment added, this was published first in serial form, then later as a book. More often than not talking in detail about their experiences and visiting the caves and shelters where they spent weeks on end as the U.S. bombardment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937385272
• ISBN13: 9781937385279
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Merwinasia
• Length: 250 Pages