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Testimonials--Himeyuri Student Nurses

Testimonials--Himeyuri Student Nurses H I M E Y U R I S T U D E N T N U R S E S Editor's Note The Battle of Okinawa--later called, because of its savagery, the "Typhoon of Steel"--claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people. Included among the dead were girls aged fifteen to nineteen from the Okinawa Women's Normal School and the First Prefectural Girls' High School. A total of 219 students and 18 teachers from the schools were mobilized as nurses attached to the Haebaru Army Field Hospital, and another 79 students and 3 teachers were dispatched to other medical units. More than 200 of them were eventually killed. Adding to the tragedy and futility of their deaths is the fact that many of the girls survived the bombardment of the battle; the majority were killed after the defeat of the Japanese army was already a certainty. In the midst of heavy fighting on Kyan Peninsula and the disintegration of Japanese forces, the military abruptly disbanded the corps of nurses. On 18 June, the defenseless girls were ordered out of the caves where Japanese soldiers were hiding, but were forbidden to surrender. As a result, during the fire http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Manoa University of Hawai'I Press

Testimonials--Himeyuri Student Nurses

Himeyuri Peace Museum
Manoa , Volume 13 (1) – Jan 4, 2001
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H I M E Y U R I S T U D E N T N U R S E S Editor's Note The Battle of Okinawa--later called, because of its savagery, the "Typhoon of Steel"--claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people. Included among the dead were girls aged fifteen to nineteen from the Okinawa Women's Normal School and the First Prefectural Girls' High School. A total of 219 students and 18 teachers from the schools were mobilized as nurses attached to the Haebaru Army Field Hospital, and another 79 students and 3 teachers were dispatched to other medical units. More than 200 of them were eventually killed. Adding to the tragedy and futility of their deaths is the fact that many of the girls survived the bombardment of the battle; the majority were killed after the defeat of the Japanese army was already a certainty. In the midst of heavy fighting on Kyan Peninsula and the disintegration of Japanese forces, the military abruptly disbanded the corps of nurses. On 18 June, the defenseless girls were ordered out of the caves where Japanese soldiers were hiding, but were forbidden to surrender. As a result, during the fire

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