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The answer is 1, the Cornerstone of Peace |
Mabuni Hill, site of the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park, is where the Battle of Okinawa came to an end. There stands a 12-meter-tall statue dedicated to peace made of Japanese lacquer wood and a monument known as Heiwa no ishiji. Heiwa means "peace," and in Okinawan dialect ishiji means "cornerstone."
Built in 1995, the names of all the people who died in the Battle of Okinawa over 50 years ago are carved into the marble Heiwa no ishiji. According to the Okinawa government, 94,136 Japanese military and civilian personnel and about 94,000 Okinawan civilians died in the battle. The official U.S. war record states that 12,281 American military personnel died.
Answer number 3, the Himeyuri Monument, is a tower that commemorates about 230 high school girls who worked as nurses for the Japanese army in the Battle of Okinawa and committed mass suicide during the fighting. As for answer 2, there is no such thing as the Battle of Okinawa Monument.
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