(Bloomberg) -- Mitsuko Yoneda was 17 years old when
13 members of her family gathered in a forest in drizzling rain.
It was March 1945 and the U.S. army was invading Okinawa. Told
by Japan's military government that death was more honorable
than capture, the Yonedas had come to die.
Her 19-year-old brother, a member of the civilian youth
defense corps, pulled the pin on an army-issued hand grenade,
killing himself and four other relatives. They were among more
than 735 people who committed suicide in Okinawa during the U.S.
assault.
Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News
13 members of her family gathered in a forest in drizzling rain.
It was March 1945 and the U.S. army was invading Okinawa. Told
by Japan's military government that death was more honorable
than capture, the Yonedas had come to die.
Her 19-year-old brother, a member of the civilian youth
defense corps, pulled the pin on an army-issued hand grenade,
killing himself and four other relatives. They were among more
than 735 people who committed suicide in Okinawa during the U.S.
assault.
Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News
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