Suicide Cliff - location where Japanese civilians and soldiers took their own lives by jumping to their deaths in July 1944 in order to avoid capture by US troops.
Suicide Cliff - location where Japanese civilians and soldiers took their own lives by jumping to their deaths in July 1944 in order to avoid capture by US troops.
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I was unaware that there are were two from that time period.
There's another one in Okinawa which is now known as Peace Prayer (or Memorial) Park.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Prefectural_Peace_Memorial_Museum