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Himeyuri Corps: Female High School Student Nurses during the Battle of Okinawa  
Himeyuri Corps: Female High School Student Nurses during the Battle of Okinawa  

Himeyuri Corps: Female High School Student Nurses during the Battle of Okinawa  

During World War II Japan expected everyone to do their part in securing the nation’s unquestionable ultimate victory and this included teenagers. On the mainland high school students were drafted en masse to work in munitions factories turning out weapons…