At a recent ceremony, a historian laid flowers and delivered remarks to honor six U.S. service members of Basque descent who perished during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.
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The names of Japanese sailors who went down with the Yamato once the largest battleship afloat during World War II will be added to a memorial commemorating the Battle of Okinawa and the island’s role during the war.