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Show War Returns to Okinawa, Japan's Nerve Center r ' i l , ' ' - i ' -j ' i i, ' - i. ' ' - ' " In 1853 the Leatherneck complement of CommoJc.rc Perry's squadron accompanied him on a visit to Okinawa. The Devil Dogs, in the current assault, found the long narrow island made up of plateaus and ridges. Most of the population of 413,000 is engaged in a substandard of agriculture. Centuries of being kicked around, in the game of power polities, has produced a mixed race with strains of Malayan, Korean, Chinese and Japanese a people completely ignorant of the United States. Photos above show the natives after the American invasion. |